3-D image-based numerical computations of snow permeability: Links to specific surface area, density, and microstructural anisotropy

Cryosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 939-951

  Calonne, N ^a,b   Geindreau, C ^b   Flin, F ^a   Morin, S ^a   Lesaffre, B ^a   Rolland Du Roscoat, S ^b   Charrier, P ^b  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HOAR FROST; MICROSTRUCTURE; PERMEABILITY; POTASSIUM; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW; SURFACE AREA; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84866143317     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-6-939-2012     Document Type: Article

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