New density-based thermal conductivity equation for snow

Defence Science Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 126-130

  Aggarwal, R K ^a   Negi, P S ^a   Satyawali, P K ^a  

^a Defence Research and Development Organization   (India)

Author keywords

Empirical; Snow microstructure; Snowpack; Temperature; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; SNOW; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CONDUCTIVITY EQUATIONS; CONDUCTIVITY METERS; DENSITY-BASED; EMPIRICAL; FIELD RESEARCH; RESEARCH STATIONS; SNOW DENSITY; SNOW MICROSTRUCTURE; SNOWPACK; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS;

MICROSTRUCTURE;

EID: 65449149515     PISSN: 0011748X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14429/dsj.59.1499     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Schwerdfreger, P. Theoretical derivation of the thermal conductivity and diffusivity of snow. IASH Publication, 1963, 61, 75-81.
2. Lange, M. Measurements of thermal parameters in Antarctic snow and firn. Annals of Glaciology, 1985, 6.
3. Colbeck, S.; E. Akitya, R.; Armstrong, H.;Gubler, J.; Lafeuille, K.; Lied, D.& McClung, E. Morris. The International Classification for Seasonal Snow on the Ground, In International Commission on Snow and Ice, 1990, 23 pp. (Available from World Data Center on Glaciology, University of Colorado,Boulder,CO.)
4. Adams, E.E.& Sato, A. Model for effective thermal conductivity of a dry snowcover composed of uniform ice spheres. Annals of Glaciology, 1993, 18.
5. Sturm, M.; Holmgren, J.; König, M.& Morris, K.The thermal conductivity of seasonal snow. Journal of Glaciology, 1997, 43(143), 26-41.
6. Holman, J.P. Heat transfer, Mc-Graw Hill Inc., Ed. 8, 1997, pp. 105.
7. Singh, A.K.An investigation of the thermal conductivity of snow. Journal of Glaciology, 1999, 45(150).
8. Sturm, M.; Perovich, D.& Holmgren, J. Thermal conductivity and heat transfer through the snow on the ice of Beaufort Sea. J.Geophy. Res., 2002, 107.
9. Aggarwal, R.K.; Ravi, M.R.& Mahajan, P. A snow microstructure supplement to SNTHERM model, In International Snow Science Workshop (ISSW), 2-8 October 2006, Telluride (USA).