Relevant Glossaries
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This page has a list, with links, to a number of glossaries elsewhere on the web which are related to snow and avalanches. Many are from related fields such as hydrology and meteorology.
Avalanche Glossaries and Lexicons
Ours, avalanche-center.org - the oldest and most comprehensive
A Lexicon of Snow - Ken Muldrew, University of Calgary
Hydrology Glossaries and Lexicons
Dictionary of Hydrological Engineering (Lexicon for seven languages, no definitions)
1936 terms from Hydrologically related fields (hydroengineering, hydroclimatology, hydrogeology, hydraulics, metrology, water supply, geomorphology, physical hydrology) in seven languages - English, French, Armenian, Russian, Polish, Romanian, and Arabic.
Canadian Bureau of Translation - Avalanche Bulletin Vocabulary - Terminology Bulletin 263
Second Edition. Revised and Expanded. Created primarily for Parks Canada for use in bilingual park avalanche advisories. No definitions, just examples of terms and phrases used in context.
Meteorology
Forty-one years ago, the American Meteorological Society published the Glossary of Meteorology. Containing 7900 terms, more than 10,000 copies have been sold over four decades through five printings. This is the electronic version of the second edition with more than 12,000 terms.
Glossary of meteorological terms in English and Russian
This glossary , in English and Russian, was prepared by Nina A. Zaitseva - Secretary for the Science Division of Oceanology, Atmospheric Physics and Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences. It's hosted on the Arctic Climatology and Meteorology site but doesn't appear to be specific to the arctic. This version linked to here has the index in English along the left side and the actual entries in both English and Russian.
Sport-Specific Glossaries
From Cross-Country Ski World.
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