Sublimation rate and the mass-transfer coefficient for snow sublimation

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 309-315

  Neumann, Thomas A ^a   Albert, Mary R ^b   Engel, Chandler ^a,c   Courville, Zoe ^b   Perron, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^c UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Mass transfer; Mass transfer coefficient; Snow; Sublimation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTH SCIENCES; FLOW RATE; GAS TURBINES; HUMIDITY CONTROL; MASS TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHENIUM; SUBLIMATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER;

AIR STREAMS; BALANCE CALCULATIONS; CHEMICAL PROCESSES; CRYSTAL FACES; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FIELD DATUMS; FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES; ICE CORES; ICE GRAINS; LARGE PORES; LINEAR FUNCTIONS; MASS-TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; MASS-TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MEASUREMENT PRECISIONS; PORE SPACES; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SAMPLE TEMPERATURES; SNOW HYDROLOGIES; SNOW SAMPLES; SUBLIMATION RATES; UNDER SATURATIONS; VAPOR DIFFUSIONS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

EID: 56949103684     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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