<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The purpose of this article is to present the development of multifaceted research on snow cover conducted by Polish researchers in various parts of the world since the end of the 19<sup>th</sup> century up to the modern times. The paper describes Polish studies on physical and chemical properties of snow cover, its long-term changes, relationships between snow cover and climate, impact of snow cover on environmental conditions and human activity. This work is also an attempt to show the contribution of Polish snow-related research to the international achievements in this fields.</p></abstract>

The purpose of this article is to present the development of multifaceted research on snow cover conducted by Polish researchers in various parts of the world since the end of the 19th century up to the modern times. The paper describes Polish studies on physical and chemical properties of snow cover, its long-term changes, relationships between snow cover and climate, impact of snow cover on environmental conditions and human activity. This work is also an attempt to show the contribution of Polish snow-related research to the international achievements in this fields.

Review of Polish Contribution to Snow Cover Research (1880–2017)

Quaestiones Geographicae

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The purpose of this article is to present the development of multifaceted research on snow cover conducted by Polish researchers in various parts of the world...

Review of Polish Contribution to Snow Cover Research (1880–2017)

Publié en ligne: 30 mars 2018

Pages: 7 - 22

Reçu: 02 oct. 2017

Accepté: 23 janv. 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2018-0002

Mots clés
snow cover, Polish research, climate

© 2018 Małgorzata Falarz et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Review of Polish Contribution to Snow Cover Research (1880–2017)

Publié en ligne: 30 mars 2018

Pages: 7 - 22

Reçu: 02 oct. 2017

Accepté: 23 janv. 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2018-0002

Mots cléssnow cover, Polish research, climate

© 2018 Małgorzata Falarz et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
snow cover, Polish research, climate