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DYNAMIC ASPECTS
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NT2
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[abiotic environment processes]
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NT3
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atmospheric processes
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NT4
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accretion
NT4
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accumulations
NT4
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advection
NT4
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air flow
NT4
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air mass
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NT5
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arctic air mass
NT4
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anticyclone
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NT5
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glacial anticyclone
NT4
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arctic front
NT4
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Atlantic front
NT4
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atmospheric circulation
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NT5
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anticyclonic circulation
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NT5
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arctic oscillation
NT4
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atmospheric depression
NT4
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breathing pocket
NT4
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change of weather conditions
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NT5
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sudden change in weather
NT4
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climate change
NT4
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cloud-burst
NT4
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cold front
NT4
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decrease in temperature
NT4
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draught
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NT5
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dry draught
NT5
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wet draught
NT4
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exposed to the sun
NT4
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hurricane
NT4
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hydrometeor
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NT5
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clouds
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NT5
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fern frost
NT5
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fog
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NT5
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glaze
NT5
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haze
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NT5
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hoar
NT5
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mist
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NT5
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rain
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NT5
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small hail
NT5
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snow fall
NT5
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transport of snow by wind
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NT4
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ice-air interactions
NT4
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improvement
NT4
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increase in temperature
NT4
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inflow of air masses
NT4
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large-scale atmospheric process
NT4
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lightning
NT4
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low clouds
NT4
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occlusion
NT4
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photometeor
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NT5
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halo phenomena
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NT4
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precipitation
NT4
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radiation
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NT5
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infra-red radiation
NT5
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long wave radiation
NT5
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net radiation
NT5
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radiation in heat budget
NT5
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short-wave radiation
NT5
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solar radiation
NT5
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ultraviolet radiation
NT5
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visible radiation
NT4
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snow shower
NT4
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storm
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NT5
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snowstorm
NT4
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temperature fluctuations
NT4
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thermal inversion
NT4
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thermal range
NT4
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thunder
NT4
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thunderbolt
NT4
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thunderstorm
NT4
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trough
NT4
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unstable air
NT4
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warm front
NT4
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weather
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NT5
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past weather
NT4
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weather pattern development
NT4
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weather with high radiation cooling
NT4
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whirl
NT4
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wind
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NT5
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blizzard
NT5
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bora
NT5
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breeze
NT5
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föhn
NT5
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gust of wind
NT5
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jet stream
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NT5
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katabatic wind
NT5
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sirocco (south west wind)
NT5
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surface wind
NT5
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westerlies
NT5
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whirlwind
NT5
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wind aloft
NT3
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geolithological processes
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NT4
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boudinage
NT4
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foliation
NT3
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geomorphic processes
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NT4
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aggradation of permafrost
NT4
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areal scouring
NT4
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creep
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NT5
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snow creep
NT4
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frostheaving
NT4
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gelifluction
NT4
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Glacial Isostatic Adjustment
NT4
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periglacial processes
NT4
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post-glacial rebound
NT4
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slope stability
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NT5
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active-layer failure
NT4
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snow cover erosion
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NT5
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wind erosion
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NT4
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solifluction
NT4
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thermokarst
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NT5
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active thermokarst
NT3
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global warming
NT3
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grain rotation
NT3
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grain-boundary migration
NT3
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hydrosphere processes
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NT4
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brine exclusion
NT4
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downdraw
NT4
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evaporative cooling
NT4
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extensive mixing
NT4
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glacier formation
NT4
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glacier karst
NT4
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glacier recession
NT4
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haline forcing
NT4
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high latitude cooling
NT4
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increase in sea water salinity
NT4
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laminar flow
NT4
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large-scale ocean circulation
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NT5
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meridional overturning circulation
NT5
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thermohaline circulation
NT4
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low latitude heating
NT4
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oceanic currents
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NT5
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Antarctic bottom water
NT5
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Antarctic circumpolar current
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NT5
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deep-water currents
NT5
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Gulf stream
NT5
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North Atlantic current
NT5
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North Atlantic deep water
NT5
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Polar southward flow
NT5
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surface currents
NT4
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sea level change
NT4
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stable stratification
NT4
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stratification
NT4
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transposition of foliation
NT4
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tunnel closure in glaciers
NT4
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upwelling
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NT5
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deep upwelling
NT5
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thermohaline upwelling
NT4
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wind-driven surface currents
NT4
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[cryosphere processes]
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NT5
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ablation
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NT5
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ablation relation to air temperature
NT5
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abrasion
NT5
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accumulation of snow
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NT5
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additional load
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NT5
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anisotropic ice deformation
NT5
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arrangement of ice needles
NT5
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avalanche activity
NT5
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avalanche dynamics
NT5
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basal motion
NT5
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buttressing by ice shelf
NT5
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calving
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NT5
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compaction
NT5
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crystal growth
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NT5
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deformation processes
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NT5
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diffusion of ice molecules
NT5
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endoglacial conveyance
NT5
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firn-ice transition
NT5
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firnification
NT5
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fissure (crevasse) formation
NT5
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floating ice motion processes
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NT5
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formation of avalanches
NT5
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formation of cornices
NT5
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formation of fracture
NT5
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formation of snow-slide
NT5
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freezing
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NT5
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funicular regime
NT5
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glacial course
NT5
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glacial erosion
NT5
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glacier advance
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NT5
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glacier response to mass-balance change
NT5
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glide and creep
NT5
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gliding
NT5
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ice deformation
NT5
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ice flow
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NT5
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ice sheet area-volume relationship
NT5
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ice sheet growth and decay
NT5
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ice shelf basal melting
NT5
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ice sizzle
NT5
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ice stream thickness change
NT5
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ice-age cycle
NT5
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ice-bedrock friction
NT5
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increasing in a snow layer strength
NT5
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increasing in snow depth
NT5
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melting
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NT5
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melting of snow cover
NT5
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meltwater refreezing in firn
NT5
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metamorphism of snow
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NT5
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outburst flood
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NT5
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overburdening
NT5
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packing of snow grains
NT5
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pendular regime
NT5
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plucking
NT5
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polygonization
NT5
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recrystallization
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NT5
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redistribution of snow
NT5
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regelation
NT5
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release
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NT5
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riming
NT5
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saturation with water (snow pack)
NT5
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seasonal variations
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NT5
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settlement of snow
NT5
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sintering
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NT5
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sliding
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NT5
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snow conveyance
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NT5
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snow settling
NT5
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snow stratification
NT5
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snow to ice transformation
NT5
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snow-increase
NT5
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snowpack evolution
NT5
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softening
NT5
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strain at failure
NT5
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strength reduction in a snow layer
NT5
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subglacial conveyance
NT5
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supercooling
NT5
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superglacial conveyance
NT5
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surface release
NT5
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thawing
NT5
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thickness changes
NT5
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tidewater glacier deformation
NT5
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turbolent suspension
NT5
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uplift of glacier surface
NT5
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water flow within glacier
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NT5
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water within glacier
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NT5
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wetting (snow pack)
NT2
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[bioecological processes]
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NT3
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behavioural processes
NT3
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biological processes
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NT4
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acclimatisation
NT4
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death
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NT5
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death by asphyxia
NT4
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scent
NT3
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ecological processes
NT3
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[pathological processes]
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NT4
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cardiac and circulatory arrest
NT4
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chilblains
NT4
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hypothermia
NT4
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hypothermic
NT4
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icing
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NT5
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frostbite
NT4
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lesion
NT4
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signs of death
NT4
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snow-blindness
NT4
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suffocation
NT2
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[cognitive processes]
NT2
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[physical and chemical processes]
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NT3
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adfreezing
NT3
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basal drag
NT3
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biochemical processes
NT3
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chemical processes
NT3
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condensation in heat budget
NT3
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convection in heat budget
NT3
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physical processes
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NT4
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avalanche air pressure
NT4
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birefringence
NT4
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buckling
NT4
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change in audio volume
NT4
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cohesion
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NT5
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low cohesion
NT4
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compression failure
NT4
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conduction
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NT5
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heat conduction
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NT4
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cooling
NT4
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crystals rotation
NT4
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density variation with depth
NT4
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diffusion of kinematic wave
NT4
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dilatancy
NT4
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dilatation
NT4
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disturbance
NT4
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heat convection
NT4
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heat transfer
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NT5
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turbulent heat transfer
NT4
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internal friction
NT4
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inversion
NT4
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movement
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NT5
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glacier movement
NT4
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radiation penetration of snow and ice
NT4
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strain
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NT5
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irrotational strain
NT5
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normal strain
NT5
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plane strain
NT5
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principal strain
NT5
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shear strain
NT4
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strain inside snow cover
NT4
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strain rate variation with depth
NT4
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stress
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NT5
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additional stress
NT5
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allowable stress
NT5
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compressive stress
NT5
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driving stress
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NT5
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effective stress
NT5
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normal stress
NT5
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octahedral stress
NT5
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principal stress
NT5
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shear stress
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NT5
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tensile stress
NT5
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yield stress
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NT4
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sublimation
NT4
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superimposed pressure
NT4
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velocity variation in time
NT4
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wave
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NT5
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kinematic wave
NT5
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pressure wave
NT5
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shear wave
NT5
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shock wave
NT5
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sound wave
NT3
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physical-chemical processes
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NT4
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beta activity
NT4
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glacier relation to climate
NT4
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ice sheet surface-bed relationship
NT4
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isotope-temperature relation
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NT5
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ice sheet isotope-temperature relation
NT4
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warming up
NT2
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[processes related to materials and products]
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NT3
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sections, screwed together
NT2
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[social, cultural and policy processes]
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NT3
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distress signal
NT3
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group dynamics
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processi
Date of creation
14-Nov-2014
Accepted term
14-Nov-2014
Descendant terms
440
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