SnowTerm

  1. pack ice
  2. packing of snow grains
  3. palaeoglaciology
  4. palsa
  5. palsa bog
  6. pancake ice
  7. panel spacing
  8. parallel to the slope
  9. parameters
  10. parameters related to buildings
  11. partial burial
  12. partially buried victim
  13. particle paths
  14. partly cloudly
  15. partly decomposed particles
  16. partly decomposed snow USE felt-like snow
  17. pass USE mountain pass
  18. pass (spacing) USE panel spacing
  19. passive identifying object
  20. passive object for location USE passive identifying object
  21. passive snow water equivalent sensor
  22. past weather
  23. patch of snow USE snow patch
  24. path
  25. path in snow
  26. path through snow USE path in snow
  27. patroller
  28. patrolling of ski runs (skipatrol)
  29. patterned ground
  30. peak
  31. pellet snow USE graupel
  32. pendular regime
  33. penetrability of snow surface
  34. penetration depth
  35. penetrometer driver USE hammer
  36. penitentes
  37. percolation speed
  38. percolation zone
  39. pereletok
  40. perennial snow
  41. perfect plasticity
  42. periglacial processes
  43. periglacial zone
  44. period of closure
  45. period of foehn
  46. period of validity of avalanche bulletin
  47. periphery
  48. permafrost
  49. permafrost temperature
  50. permanent control structure USE permanent retaining structure
  51. permanent protective measures
  52. permanent retaining structure
  53. permanent stabilization structure USE permanent retaining structure
  54. permanent structures
  55. permanent supporting structure USE permanent retaining structure
  56. permeability of ice
  57. perpendicular
  58. perpendicular to the slope
  59. person
  60. photography
  61. photometeor
  62. physical conditions
  63. physical parameter
  64. physical processes
  65. physical-chemical processes
  66. piedmont front
  67. piedmont glacier
  68. pier USE support
  69. piezometric surface
  70. pile for explosive charges USE pole for explosive charges
  71. pile foundation
  72. pillar USE buttress
  73. pin
  74. pin joint
  75. pingo
  76. pinnacled iceberg
  77. plain of weakness USE weak layer
  78. plane strain
  79. planetary ice
  80. planning
  81. planning measures
  82. plant components
  83. plasticity
  84. plateau
  85. platelet ice
  86. plates
  87. platform USE narrow terrace
  88. plentiful rain
  89. ploughmeter
  90. plucking
  91. point of application of a force
  92. point of capture
  93. polar glacier
  94. polar ice cap USE Arctic ice cap
  95. polar jet stream
  96. Polar southward flow
  97. pole USE post
  98. pole for explosive charges
  99. pollutants in ice
  100. pollutants in ice sheet
  101. pollution and refuse parameter
  102. polygonization
  103. polynya
  104. polythermal glacier
  105. population
  106. pore ice
  107. pore pressure in till
  108. position
  109. possible event
  110. post
  111. post-glacial rebound
  112. postcontrol release
  113. potential avalanche hazard
  114. pothole USE glacier mill
  115. powder snow
  116. powder snow avalanche
  117. powdery snow avalanche
  118. power of resistance
  119. PP USE precipitation particles
  120. PPco USE columns
  121. PPgp USE graupel
  122. PPhl USE hail
  123. PPip USE ice pellets
  124. PPir USE irregular crystals
  125. PPnd USE needles
  126. PPpl USE plates
  127. PPrm USE rime
  128. PPsd USE stellar & dendrites
  129. practical snow stability tests (skiers)
  130. precipice
  131. precipitation
  132. precipitation intensity
  133. precipitation particles
  134. pressure bar USE truss beam
  135. pressure effect on deformation rate
  136. pressure fracture line USE buffer-line
  137. pressure gradient
  138. pressure measuring device
  139. pressure melting
  140. pressure of snow USE snow pressure
  141. pressure ridge
  142. pressure wall USE buffer-line
  143. pressure wave
  144. prevention
  145. preventive measures
  146. primary avalanche
  147. primary fracture USE initial failure
  148. primer cord USE detonating cord
  149. principal axes USE principal axis
  150. principal axis
  151. principal strain
  152. principal stress
  153. prism (crystal)
  154. probability of locating
  155. probability of release
  156. probability of response
  157. probability of survival
  158. probable event
  159. probe
  160. probe test
  161. probe with infrared sensors
  162. probemaster
  163. probing
  164. probing with improvised equipment
  165. processes
  166. products
  167. profile at high altitude
  168. profile of one single snowfall
  169. proglacial lake
  170. projectile detonation
  171. projectile detonator
  172. projectile firing
  173. projectile ignition USE projectile firing
  174. projection
  175. properties
  176. propulsion charge
  177. protected reafforestation area
  178. protecting structures
  179. protection against cold
  180. protection forest USE protective forest
  181. protective forest
  182. protective measures against avalanches
  183. protective measures against gliding snow
  184. protective ramp
  185. protective structure USE defense structure
  186. protective wedge USE splitting wedge
  187. provisional sledge USE emergency sledge
  188. publishing of the avalanche bulletin
  189. puddle
  190. pulley
  191. pulpit
  192. pure shear
  193. purlin
  194. push moraines
  195. push-pull gauge
  196. pyramidal peak USE horn
  197. pyrgeometer