Definition of firn

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firn

The term 'firn' as it applies to the area of carbon dioxide can be defined as ' Material that is transitional between snow and glacier ice. It is formed from snow after passing through one summer melt season and becomes glacier ice after its permeability to liquid water falls to zero'.

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