ON THE ORIENTATION OF SNOW DUNES IN THE VICINITY OF SOYA COAST : RESULTS OF ANALYSIS OF THE AIR PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY THE FIRST AND THE SIXTH J. A. R. E.
The Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University
The Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University
抄録(英)
The orientation of snow dunes in the vicinity of Soya Coast was investigated from the air photographs taken by the first J. A. R. E. in 1956-57 and the sixth in 1961-62. It was revealed that the snow dunes are developed by two kinds of winds, one is cyclonic wind and the other is katabatic wind. It was also found that the snow dunes near Syowa Station were produced by the cyclonic wind.