Meltwater infiltration into the frozen active layer at an alpine permafrost site
A coupled heat and mass transfer model simulating mass and energy balance of the soil‐snow‐atmosphere boundary layer was applied to simulate ground temperatures, together with water and ice content evolution, in the active layer of an alpine permafrost site on Schilthorn, Swiss Alps. Abrupt shifts a...
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ftrepec:oai:RePEc:wly:perpro:v:21:y:2010:i:4:p:325-334 2023-05-15T16:37:11+02:00 Meltwater infiltration into the frozen active layer at an alpine permafrost site Martin Scherler Christian Hauck Martin Hoelzle Manfred Stähli Ingo Völksch https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.694 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.694 article ftrepec https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.694 2020-12-04T13:31:25Z A coupled heat and mass transfer model simulating mass and energy balance of the soil‐snow‐atmosphere boundary layer was applied to simulate ground temperatures, together with water and ice content evolution, in the active layer of an alpine permafrost site on Schilthorn, Swiss Alps. Abrupt shifts and subsequent fluctuations in ground temperature observed in alpine permafrost boreholes at the beginning of the zero curtain phase in summer were explained by snowmelt and meltwater infiltration. Simulated water contents were compared to values derived from inverted electrical resistivity measurements and yielded a further independent validation of the model results. The study shows that infiltration into frozen soil takes place as an oscillating process in the model. This process is constrained by initial ground temperatures, infiltrability and the availability of meltwater from the snow cover. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice permafrost RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 21 4 325 334 |
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A coupled heat and mass transfer model simulating mass and energy balance of the soil‐snow‐atmosphere boundary layer was applied to simulate ground temperatures, together with water and ice content evolution, in the active layer of an alpine permafrost site on Schilthorn, Swiss Alps. Abrupt shifts and subsequent fluctuations in ground temperature observed in alpine permafrost boreholes at the beginning of the zero curtain phase in summer were explained by snowmelt and meltwater infiltration. Simulated water contents were compared to values derived from inverted electrical resistivity measurements and yielded a further independent validation of the model results. The study shows that infiltration into frozen soil takes place as an oscillating process in the model. This process is constrained by initial ground temperatures, infiltrability and the availability of meltwater from the snow cover. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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Martin Scherler Christian Hauck Martin Hoelzle Manfred Stähli Ingo Völksch |
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Martin Scherler Christian Hauck Martin Hoelzle Manfred Stähli Ingo Völksch Meltwater infiltration into the frozen active layer at an alpine permafrost site |
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Martin Scherler Christian Hauck Martin Hoelzle Manfred Stähli Ingo Völksch |
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Meltwater infiltration into the frozen active layer at an alpine permafrost site |
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Meltwater infiltration into the frozen active layer at an alpine permafrost site |
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Meltwater infiltration into the frozen active layer at an alpine permafrost site |
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meltwater infiltration into the frozen active layer at an alpine permafrost site |
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