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Title: Investigating the Thermophysical Properties of the Ice-Snow Interface, Part II: Thermal Contact Resistance: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Kevin Hammonds, Ian Baker; Description: As it turns out, spending many an extra cold and blustery minute trying to get those last few temperature readings to complete a textbook perfect "eve...; Object ID: ISSW16_O11.01.pdf; Keywords: ice lens, temperature gradient, effective thermal conductivity, thermal contact resistance, kinetic snow metamorphism; View additional details about Investigating the Thermophysical Properties of the Ice-Snow Interface, Part II: Thermal Contact Resistance

Title: New Set of Thermal Conductivity Measurements: Date: 2014-09-29; Authors: Michael A. Smith, Bruce Jamieson; Description: A new set of thermal conductivity measurements collected over the course of one winter season in Glacier National Park, BC, Canada is introduced. Subs...; Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P1.28.pdf; Keywords: thermal conductivity, snow, microstructure; View additional details about New Set of Thermal Conductivity Measurements

Title: Characterizing Microstructural Arrangement and Effective Properties of Dry Snow: Thermal Conductivity: Date: 2010; Authors: Richard H. Shertzer, Edward E. Adams, Martin Schneebeli; Description: A microstructural quantity, the contact tensor, is introduced to characterize the directional arrangement of bonding in the snowpack. The contact ten...; Object ID: ISSW_O-019.pdf; Keywords: microstructure, metamorphism, effective properties, conductivity, fabric tensor; View additional details about Characterizing Microstructural Arrangement and Effective Properties of Dry Snow: Thermal Conductivity

Title: In-Situ Measurements and Temporal Evolution of the Thermal Conductivity Profile of an Alpine Snowpack: Date: 2009; Authors: Samuel Morin, Florent Domine, Laurent Arnaud, Ghislain Picard, Hans-Werner Jacobi, Jean-Marie Willemet; Description: We report on a 3-months long time series of in-situ measurements of the thermal conductivity(kT) of snow at 6 fixed heights in an alpine snowpack in t...; Object ID: issw-2009-0077-0081.pdf; Keywords: thermal conductivity, snow, heated-needle probe, crocus snowpack model; View additional details about In-Situ Measurements and Temporal Evolution of the Thermal Conductivity Profile of an Alpine Snowpack

Title: Numerical Modeling of Liquid Water Movement in Snow Cover: Date: 2009; Authors: Hiroyuki Hirashima, Satoru Yamaguchi, Atsushi Sato; Description: Liquid water movement in snow cover is an important aspect of wet snow metamorphism, and understanding it is vital for forecasting wet snow avalanches...; Object ID: issw-2009-0252-0255.pdf; Keywords: water transport model, capillary pressure, hydraulic conductivity, numerical snowpack model; View additional details about Numerical Modeling of Liquid Water Movement in Snow Cover

Title: A Snow Microstructure Supplement to Sntherm Model: Date: 2006; Authors: R.K. Aggarwal, M.R. Ravi, P. Mahajan; Description: SNTHERM is a one dimensional heat and mass transfer model that predicts change in surface temperature, temperature of snow and soil layers, settlement...; Object ID: issw-2006-117-126.pdf; Keywords: thermal conductivity, viscosity, microstructure, bond, grain; View additional details about A Snow Microstructure Supplement to Sntherm Model

Title: Effective Medium Approximations for Snow Thermal and AC Electrical Conductivities: Date: 1994; Authors: Edward M. Arons, Samuel C. Colbeck, W. Randy McGilvary, Victor F. Petrenko; Description: The goal of this research was to develop a physical model to explain how the thermal and AC electrical conductivities of snow are affected by fundamen...; Object ID: issw-1994-001.pdf; Keywords: metamorphism, thermal response, resistance network theory, ac electrical conductivity; View additional details about Effective Medium Approximations for Snow Thermal and AC Electrical Conductivities

Title: Effect of Microslructure on Heat and Vapor Transport in Snow Composed of Uniform Fine Ice Spheres: Date: 1994; Authors: Atsushi Sato, Edward E. Adams, Robert L. Brown; Description: The formation of weak layers in the snowpack of slopes causes avalanches. One of the most important weak layers is known as depth hoar due to vapor tr...; Object ID: issw-1994-176-184.pdf; Keywords: depth hoar, weak layer, temperature gradient, thermal conductivity, water vapor; View additional details about Effect of Microslructure on Heat and Vapor Transport in Snow Composed of Uniform Fine Ice Spheres