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SNO-Cap (S-Nitrosocaptopril), a nitrovasodilator; Snowcap, a large white area of coloration in horses from the coat patterns of the leopard complex; snow-capped manakin (Lepidothrix nattereri), a bird; snowcap (Microchera albocoronata), a hummingbird; Snowcap, a Sativa-dominant hybrid strain of marijuana, see List of names for cannabis strains
Ice cap climate is the world's coldest climate, and includes the coldest places on Earth. With an average temperature of −55.2 °C (−67.4 °F), Vostok, Antarctica is the coldest place in the world, and has also recorded the lowest temperature, −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F). [ 3 ]
Visualization of the ice and snow covering Earth's northern and southern polar regions Northern Hemisphere permafrost (permanently frozen ground) in purple. The polar regions, also called the frigid zones or polar zones, of Earth are Earth's polar ice caps, the regions of the planet that surround its geographical poles (the North and South Poles), lying within the polar circles.
Ice cap climate; Tree line; References ... Series A, Physical Geography, vol. 86, no. 1, ... The climatic snow line is the boundary between a snow-covered and snow ...
Japan's revered Mount Fuji finally regained an iconic snowcap on Thursday, setting a record for the slowest snowfall in 130 years, the meteorological agency said. Staff of the Kofu observatory ...
There are two types of polar climate: ET, or tundra climate; and EF, or ice cap climate.A tundra climate is characterized by having at least one month whose average temperature is above 0 °C (32 °F), while an ice cap climate has no months averaging above 0 °C (32 °F). [2]
Ice caps accumulate snow on their upper surfaces, and ablate snow on their lower surfaces. [6] An ice cap in equilibrium accumulates and ablates snow at the same rate. The AAR is the ratio between the accumulation area and the total area of the ice cap, which is used to indicate the health of the glacier. [6]
The 14.1 inches of snow in Topeka, Kansas, recorded on Sunday is the third-largest calendar day of snowfall on record, while 11 inches of snow in Kansas City, Missouri, marks the snowiest day on ...