The cooling effect of coarse blocks revisited: a modeling study of a purely conductive mechanism

Coarse blocks are a widespread ground cover in cold mountain areas. They have been recognized to exert a cooling influence on subsurface temperatures in comparison with other types of surface material and are employed in man-made structures for ground cooling and permafrost protection. The contrast...

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Main Authors: Stephan Gruber, Martin Hoelzle
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Permafrost Association 2008
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.454.1540
http://www.geo.unizh.ch/~stgruber/pubs/gruber_2008-nicop.pdf