Modelling Seasonally Freezing Ground Conditions

Abstract

A prototype catchment scale distributed snow melt model (SNOMO) is developed for areas experiencing seasonally freezing ground conditions. SNOMO is based on the energy budget approach and is designed to account for variation in slope aspect and slope angle. This report contains the background to the development of SNOMO as well as a code listing of the prototype model. Validation in the complete sense has yet to be undertaken, although data for this purpose was obtained from 2 field seasons at W3 Research Watershed in Vermont through collaboration with CRREL. Keywords: Frozen soils: Seasonal variations: Snow cover distribution: Watershed drainage: Snow melting: Computer programs: Vegetation: Great Britain.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA210076

Entities

People

  • K. M. Sambles
  • Malcolm G. Anderson

Organizations

  • University of Bristol

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Drainage Basins
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Environment
  • Geography
  • Heat Balance
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Of Fusion
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transmission
  • Latent Heat
  • Meteorology
  • Physical Properties
  • Terrain
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Thermal Diffusivity
  • Topography

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Polar and Arctic Studies