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French translation: Plaque à vent

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00:55 Mar 24, 2021
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Science - Meteorology
Additional field(s): Environment & Ecology, Geology, Journalism, Meteorology, Safety
English term or phrase: windslab
Definition from Wordnik:
Snow which peels off in large slabs when disturbed, increasing the risk of avalanche.

Example sentence(s):
  • My friend led the first pitch, he put a couple of screws in as I paid out the rope and suddenly it went dark as a wave of snow washed down the crag. I heard a grunt and bang and when I opened my eyes the snow had finished falling and he was sitting there in the snow in front of me with a broken leg. He’d been swept off by a windslab layer. Natural Navigator
  • Paying attention to how long the winds were sustained is perhaps the most important factor in analyzing the hazard that windslabs pose. Longer duration wind events can completely strip the windward slopes and load up the lees with windslabs several feet thick Powder
  • Two windslab avalanches were observed on our tour today in Ward Canyon. Our best guess is they naturally released during the night due to strong windloading. Sierra Avalanche Center
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French translation:Plaque à vent
Definition:
En montagne, la plaque à vent est une étendue de neige amassée en cohésion par le vent dans une zone abritée au-delà d'une rupture de pente ou au voisinage d'une crête. La plaque à vent est parfois impliquée dans le déclenchement d'une avalanche dite alors ''de plaque''.
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Plaque à vent


Definition from Wikipédia :
En montagne, la plaque à vent est une étendue de neige amassée en cohésion par le vent dans une zone abritée au-delà d'une rupture de pente ou au voisinage d'une crête. La plaque à vent est parfois impliquée dans le déclenchement d'une avalanche dite alors ''de plaque''.

Example sentence(s):
  • Le manteau neigeux alpin est souvent travaillé par le vent. Il s’agit d’un facteur essentiel de redistribution de la neige (transport par le vent), qui sculpte également la surface du manteau neigeux. Le vent crée des formes variées d’érosion ou de dépôt, comme les zastrugi ou les dunes. Par ailleurs, une surface de la neige soumise à l’influence du vent est parfois durcie, avec formation d’une plaque à vent. - SLF  
Jean-Gabriel Piette
Canada
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Yes  Christine HOUDY: Plaque à vent : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaque_à_vent
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Yes  Samuel Clarisse
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plaque à vent


Definition from Termium:
Couche de neige dure et instable formée par le vent, à l’origine de nombreuses avalanches.

Example sentence(s):
  • Couche de neige dure et instable formée par le vent, à l’origine de nombreuses avalanches. - Termium  
  • Plaque à vent : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche. - Termium  
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