Representing moisture fluxes and phase changes in glacier debris cover using a reservoir approach

Due to the complexity of treating moisture in supraglacial debris, surface energy balance models to date have neglected moisture infiltration and phase changes in the debris layer. The latent heat flux (QL) is also often excluded due to the uncertainty in determining the surface vapour pressure. To...

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Main Authors: E. Collier, L. I. Nicholson, B. W. Brock, F. Maussion, R. Essery, A. B. G. Bush
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-08-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:http://www.the-cryosphere.net/8/1429/2014/tc-8-1429-2014.pdf