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Reviewing the thermodynamics of the phase changes that occur in water, especially over curved phase boundaries, will help us appreciate the phenomena associated with the formation of snow in the atmosphere and the changes that occur in a snowpack [1].
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See S. C. Colbeck, “Introduction to the Basic Thermodynamics of Cold Capillary Systems,” CRREL Special Report No. 81–6 (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH, 1981), who treats the problems discussed here.
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Lind, D.A., Sanders, S.P. (2004). Thermodynamics of Phase Changes. In: The Physics of Skiing. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4345-6_11
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