A microstructural approach to model heat transfer in snow

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Kaempfer, T U ^a   Schneebeli, M ^a   Sokratov, S A ^a  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EFFECTS; TOMOGRAPHY;

HEAT FLOW; HEAT FLUX MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TORTUOSITY FACTOR;

SNOW;

HEAT FLOW; SNOW; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 29344468003     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023873     Document Type: Article

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