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frost blister
A seasonal frost mound produced through doming of seasonally frozen ground by a subsurface accumulation of water under high hydraulic potential during progressive freezing of the active layer. (Glossary of Permafrost and Related Ground-Ice Terms, National Research Council of Canada, NRCC 27952, Technical Memorandum No. 142, 1988. )
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- Κλάδος/Τομέας: Weather
- Category: Meteorology
- Company: AMS
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