Glacial aerodynamic roughness estimates: uncertainty, sensitivity and precision in field measurements

• Main Authors: Chambers, JR, Smith, MW, Quincey, DJ, Carrivick, JL, Ross, AN, James, MR
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2020
• Subjects: Arctic; Tarfala; Storglaciären
• Online Access: https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/155071/; https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/155071/8/2019JF005167.pdf

Calculation of the sensible and latent heat (turbulent) fluxes is required in order to close the surface energy budget of glaciers and model glacial melt. The aerodynamic roughness length, z0, is a key parameter in the bulk approach to calculating sensible heat flux; yet, z0 is commonly considered s...