DOI: 10.5194/tc-7-217-2013
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84873692266
论文题名: Thermal conductivity of snow measured by three independent methods and anisotropy considerations
作者: Riche F ; , Schneebeli M
刊名: Cryosphere
ISSN: 19940416
出版年: 2013
卷: 7, 期: 1 起始页码: 217
结束页码: 227
语种: 英语
英文关键词: accuracy assessment
; anisotropy
; heat flux
; microstructure
; numerical model
; snow accumulation
; temperature gradient
; thermal conductivity
英文摘要: The thermal conductivity of snow determines the temperature gradient, and by this, it has a direct effect on the rate of snow metamorphism. It is therefore a key property of snow. However, thermal conductivities measured with the transient needle probe and the steady-state, heat flux plate differ. In addition, the anisotropy of thermal conductivity plays an important role in the accuracy of thermal conductivity measurements. In this study, we investigated three independent methods to measure snow thermal conductivity and its anisotropy: a needle probe with a long heating time, a guarded heat flux plate, and direct numerical simulation at the microstructural level of the pore and ice structure. The three methods were applied to identical snow samples. We analyzed the consistency and the difference between these methods. As already shown in former studies, we observed a distinct difference between the anisotropy of thermal conductivity in small rounded grains and in depth hoar. Indeed, the anisotropy between vertical and horizontal thermal conductivity components ranges between 0.5-2. This can cause a difference in thermal conductivity measurements carried out with needle probes of up to -25 % to +25 % if the thermal conductivity is calculated only from a horizontally inserted needle probe. Based on our measurements and the comparison of the three methods studied here, the direct numerical simulation is the most reliable method, as the tensorial components of the thermal conductivity can be calculated and the corresponding microstructure is precisely known. © Author(s) 2013. CC Attribution 3.0 License. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/75004
Appears in Collections: 影响、适应和脆弱性 气候变化与战略
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作者单位: WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos Dorf, Switzerland
Recommended Citation:
Riche F,, Schneebeli M. Thermal conductivity of snow measured by three independent methods and anisotropy considerations[J]. Cryosphere,2013-01-01,7(1)