Model for coupled liquid water flow and heat transport with phase change in a snowpack

Journal of Cold Regions Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 43-68

  Daanen, Ronald P ^a   Nieber, John L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Infiltration; Models; Snow; Snowmelt; Water flow

Indexed keywords

COUPLED EQUATION; COUPLED PROCESS; DIRECT COUPLING; FINITE DIFFERENCE SCHEME; FLOW OF LIQUIDS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; GRAIN SIZE; HEAT TRANSPORT; HEAT TRANSPORT PROPERTY; ICE GRAINS; LIQUID PHASIS; LIQUID WATER; MODEL YIELDS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PHASE CHANGE; POROUS MEDIA; SAMPLE SOLUTION; SENSIBLE HEAT; SNOWMELT; STEFAN PROBLEM; TEMPORAL CHANGE; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; WATER FLOW; WATER REDISTRIBUTION; WETTING FRONTS;

FLOW OF WATER; GRAIN GROWTH; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRAULICS; LIQUIDS; MINING; NUMERICAL METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SEEPAGE; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SOIL MECHANICS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GRAIN SIZE; HEAT TRANSFER; HETEROGENEITY; INFILTRATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MODEL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHASE TRANSITION; POROUS MEDIUM; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER FLOW;

EID: 66249109636     PISSN: 0887381X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-381X(2009)23:2(43)     Document Type: Article

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