Automatic monitoring of the effective thermal conductivity of snow in a low-Arctic shrub tundra

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: F. Domine, M. Barrere, D. Sarrazin, S. Morin, L. Arnaud
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2015
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Arctic; Needles The; Umiujaq; Dwarf birch; permafrost; The Cryosphere; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-1265-2015; https://doaj.org/article/01ff71f448c94876ad540ac2c2955be1

The effective thermal conductivity of snow, k eff , is a critical variable which determines the temperature gradient in the snowpack and heat exchanges between the ground and the atmosphere through the snow. Its accurate knowledge is therefore required to simulate snow metamorphism, the ground therm...