Relative importance of advective heat transport and boundary layer decoupling in the melt dynamics of a patchy snow cover

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 88-97

  Mott, R ^a   Gromke, C ^a   Grunewald T ^a,b   Lehning, M ^a,b  

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

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Advective heat transport; Boundary layer decoupling; Snow ablation; Snow patch; Stable internal boundary layer

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRATIFICATION; BOUNDARY LAYER DEPTH; DIFFERENT HEIGHTS; HEAT TRANSPORT; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SNOW ABLATION; STABLE INTERNAL BOUNDARY LAYERS; TURBULENCE INTENSITY;

ABLATION; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER;

SNOW;

ABLATION; ADVECTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; HEAT TRANSFER; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SNOW COVER; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TURBULENCE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84877134833     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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