Heat Flux Distribution Near a Crevasse

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Author: Pings, C. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1963
• Subjects: Earth-Surface Processes; Greenland; glacier; Ice Sheet; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s002214300002788x; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S002214300002788X

Abstract Previously reported experimental temperature data were used to compute the two components of the heat flux vector in the ice body adjacent to a crevasse in a glacier of the ice sheet of northern Greenland. Graphical differentiation techniques were employed. The computed components were used to synthesize values of the beat flux vector, including magnitude and direction. Improved accuracy was achieved over the previously reported technique of sketching heat flow lines orthogonal to the isotherms.