SNOW HYDROLOGY (GEOG 4321): RECOMMENDED READING

Instuctor: Mark Williams

Recommended Books

The Avalanche Handbook, by David McClung and Peter Schaerer

The Physics of Skiing, D. Lind and S. P. Sanders.

The Handbook of Snow, D. N. Gray and D. H. Male, Pergamon Press. Out-of-print; excellent.

The Avalanche Book, by Betsy Armstrong and Know Williams.

Glaciers of North America, by Sue A. Ferguson.

Interesting Web Sites

IN PRAISE OF SNOW
In Praise of Snow Atlantic Monthly, January 1995 lead article by Cullen Murphy is a nice history of snow research in the western United States.

Nice bibliography on technical aspects of avalanches:
Cyberspace Snow and Avalanche Bibliography

Nice bibliography on snow related books put together by the National Snow and Ice Data Center:
Books on Snow, NSIDC

Educational material on snow, emphasizing storms and blizzards, by the National Snow and Ice Data Center:
Snow storms and blizzards, NSIDC

BENTLEY AND HUMPREYS: SNOW CRYSTALS
Here's a link to the sellar of Bentley and Humpreys classic book: SNOW CRYSALS