Talk:Classifications of snow

Ukichiro Nakaya

Should not this page contain significant references to the scientific classifications of types of snow resulting from the work of Ukichiro Nakaya? At the moment, the types mentioned seem to be completely ad hoc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.139.106.139 (talk) 20:19, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Merge: Champagne powder

"Champagne powder" is just a dry kind of powder. It's nothing magical or special, despite being a trademarked term by Steamboat Springs ski resort. The sole source for the article is a German newspaper travel piece which mentions the term only once.   Will Beback  talk  23:32, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Note: An AfD has been closed with the go-ahead to merge. Michaelzeng7 (talk) 03:13, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

Lake-effect snow

The description for "lake-effect snow" describes it as "deposited on the lake's shores" — but people who live near the Great Lakes experience lake-effect snow falling at distances far greater than "the shore" — indeed, many kilometres. I think the description could use clarification? -- Mecandes (talk) 21:23, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

Snow mixed with exhaust?

Is there a name for what I call "brown snow": Snow on the roadside that gets mixed with dirt and crap from exhaust fumes to make a brown colour? This stuff. Steel Wool Killer / Lanolжeð Renforsdfer Tyklovon (talk) 16:03, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

Authoritative source

This article appears to lack reliable sources. An authoritative one to use for this article is:

Fierz, C.; Armstrong, R.L.; Durand, Y.; Etchevers, P.; Greene, E.; et al. (2009), The International Classification for Seasonal Snow on the Ground (PDF), IHP-VII Technical Documents in Hydrology, vol. 83, Paris: UNESCO, p. 80, retrieved 2016-11-25 {{citation}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |last6= (help)

User:HopsonRoad 13:04, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

Words for forms of ice

There needs to be a list of words for different forms of ice too, including all the different forms of ice (black ice, clear ice, glaze ice), frost (white frost, black frost, hoar frost, window frost / fern frost / ice flowers, advection frost / wind frost), hoar (surface hoar, air hoar, crevasse hoar, depth hoar), hailstones, ice pellets, glaze, etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.60.126.246 (talk) 05:04, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Requested move 23 December 2018 to "Classifications of snow"

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The result of the move request was: Support move. HopsonRoad (talk) 22:24, 30 December 2018 (UTC)

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This article appears to be based on a vernacular understanding of how to classify snow as it falls and snow after it accumulates on the ground. This is reflected in its lack of reliable sources. I recommend that it be renamed, "Classifications of snow" and organized, as follows:

Events would describe the types of meteorological events that cause snow, using the following principal references:

• DeCaria (December 7, 2005). "ESCI 241 – Meteorology; Lesson 16 – Extratropical Cyclones". Department of Earth Sciences, Millersville University. Archived from the original on February 8, 2008. Retrieved June 21, 2009.
• Meteorological Service of Canada (September 8, 2010). "Snow". Winter Hazards. Environment Canada. Archived from the original on June 11, 2011. Retrieved October 4, 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
• Stoelinga, Mark T.; Stewart, Ronald E.; Thompson, Gregory; Theriault, Julie M. (2012), "Micrographic processes within winter orographic cloud and precipitation systems", in Chow, Fotini K.; et al. (eds.), Mountain Weather Research and Forecasting: Recent Progress and Current Challenges, Springer Atmospheric Sciences, Springer Science & Business Media, p. 750, archived from the original on November 7, 2017, retrieved November 27, 2016 {{citation}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |editor2-last= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

Precipitation would describe snow crystals in the air and freshly deposited, using the following principal reference:

• Magono, Choji; Lee, Chung Woo (1966). "Meteorological Classification of Natural Snow Crystals". Journal of the Faculty of Science. 7. 3 (4) (Geophysics ed.). Hokkaido: Hokkaido University: 321–335. Retrieved 2016-11-25.

On the ground would describe the snow pack as it metamorphosizes, using the following principal reference:

• Fierz, C.; Armstrong, R.L.; Durand, Y.; Etchevers, P.; Greene, E.; et al. (2009), The International Classification for Seasonal Snow on the Ground (PDF), IHP-VII Technical Documents in Hydrology, vol. 83, Paris: UNESCO, p. 80, archived from the original (PDF) on September 29, 2016, retrieved November 25, 2016 {{citation}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |last6= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

HopsonRoad (talk) 16:50, 23 December 2018 (UTC)--Relisting. Dekimasuよ! 20:16, 30 December 2018 (UTC)

• Support moving per nom - clearly a lot of research has gone into this, I see no reason to oppose --DannyS712 (talk) 21:06, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
• Eskimos have seventy words for Support. Randy Kryn (talk) 21:23, 30 December 2018 (UTC)

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