er cold regions ee science usey and technology 7” BAT + 4 ELSEVIER Cold Regions Science and Technology 34 (2002) 227 www.elsevier.com /locate /coldregions Contents Volume 34 (2002) Snow drift losses from an Arctic catchment on Spitsbergen: an additional process in the water balance C. Jaedicke Analyses of strength and deformation of an artificially frozen soil wall in underground engineering W. Ma and X. Chang Evaluation model of permafrost thermal stability and thawing sensibility under engineering activity W. Qingbai, Z. Yuanlin and L. Yonzhi Avalanche hazard reduction for transportation corridors using real-time detection and alarms R. Rice Jr., R. Decker, N. Jensen, R. Patterson, S. Singer, C. Sullivan and L. Wells Approximate analytical solution for temperature fields in cold regions circular tunnels L. Yuanming, L. Songyu, W. Ziwang and Y. Wenbing Guide for Authors Experimental studies on salt expansion for coarse grain soil under constant temperature W. Qingbai and Z. Yuanlin Interaction between a snow mantel and a flexible structure: a new method to design avalanche nets F. Nicot, M. Gay and J.M. Tacnet Observations from an aufeis windtunnel J.T. Streitz and R. Ettema A systematic method of obtaining ice concentration measurements from ship-based observations R.J. Hall, N. Hughes and P. Wadhams Amount of unfrozen water in frozen porous media saturated with solution K. Watanabe and M. Mizoguchi The effect of postdepositional process on the chemical profiles of snow pits in the percolation zone S. Hou and D. Qin A comparison of hydraulic conductivities, permeabilities and infiltration rates in frozen and unfrozen soils C.A. McCauley, D.M. White, M.R. Lilly and D.M. Nyman Determination of light carboxylic acids in snow and ice from mountain glaciers X. Lee, D. Qin, H. Zhou and G. Jiang The Sundsvall Regional Hospital snow cooling plant—results from the first year of operation K. Skogsberg Simulations of the consolidation process in first-year sea ice ridges K.V. Hoyland Two-dimensional temperature and dissolved oxygen dynamics in the littoral region of an ice-covered lake D.L. Stefanovic and H.G. Stefan In situ determination of mechanical properties of frozen soils with the pressuremeter W. Yu, Y. Lai, Y. Zhu, H. Li, J. Zhang, X. Zhang and S. Zhang Collapse of floating ice covers under vertical loads: test data vs. theory Dire 6-66 64 206.04 6.66 CORON DESC EEA DEKE DOE SHOCK AHH EEH ORK ECO RE RHO HOD 6 Pressure distribution and response of multiplate panels under ice loading K. Riska, S. Uto and J. Tuhkuri Contents Volume 34