A multi-season investigation of glacier surface roughness lengths through in situ and remote observation

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: N. Fitzpatrick, V. Radić, B. Menounos
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2019
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Andreas; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1051-2019; https://doaj.org/article/8549e57ccfac4cb8960de9a32a2efc7f

The roughness length values for momentum, temperature, and water vapour are key inputs to the bulk aerodynamic method for estimating turbulent heat flux. Measurements of site-specific roughness length are rare for glacier surfaces, and substantial uncertainty remains in the values and ratios commonl...