firn field

C39211
concept

A firn field is an extensive area of compacted, granular snow that persists year-round and gradually transforms into glacial ice.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
firn field canonical 1
glacial névé 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: firn field
Generated description
A firn field is an extensive area of compacted, granular snow that persists year-round and gradually transforms into glacial ice.

Instances (2)

Instance Via concept surface
Aletschfirn
Garibaldi Névé (nearby icefield)
surface form: Garibaldi Névé
glacial névé