An effect of a snow cover on solar heating and melting of lake or sea ice
Solar radiative heating and melting of lake and sea ice is a geophysical problem that has attracted the attention of researchers for many years. This problem is important in connection with the current global change of the climate. Physical and computational models of the process are suggested in th...
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| description | Solar radiative heating and melting of lake and sea ice is a geophysical problem that has attracted the attention of researchers for many years. This problem is important in connection with the current global change of the climate. Physical and computational models of the process are suggested in the paper. Analytical solutions for the transfer of solar radiation in light-scattering snow cover and ice are combined with numerical calculations of heat transfer in a multilayer system. The thermal boundary conditions take into account convective heat losses to the ambient air and radiative cooling in the mid-infrared window of transparency of the cloudless atmosphere. The study begins with an anomalous spring melting of ice on the large high-mountain lakes of Tibet. It was found that a thick ice layer not covered with snow starts to melt at the ice-water interface due to volumetric solar heating of ice. The results of the calculations are in good agreement with the field observations. The computational analysis showed a dramatic change in the process when the ice is covered with snow. A qualitative change in the physical picture of the process occurs when the snow cover thickness increases to 20–30 cm. In this case, the snow melting precedes ice melting and water ponds are formed on the ice surface. This is typical for the Arctic Sea in polar summer. Known experimental data are used to estimate the melting of sea ice under the melt pond. Positive or negative feedback related to the specific optical and thermal properties of snow, ice, and water are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ddf417f61fef44e2bef9b38b703f7fdf2024-01-15T04:37:28ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Thermal Engineering2813-04562024-01-01310.3389/fther.2023.13542651354265An effect of a snow cover on solar heating and melting of lake or sea iceLeonid A. Dombrovsky0Leonid A. Dombrovsky1Leonid A. Dombrovsky2Heat Transfer Laboratory, Research Centre of Physical and Thermal Engineering, Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Moscow, RussiaMicrohydrodynamic Technologies Laboratory, X-BIO Institute, University of Tyumen, Tyumen, RussiaDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Materials, Engineering Science Faculty, Ariel University, Ariel, IsraelSolar radiative heating and melting of lake and sea ice is a geophysical problem that has attracted the attention of researchers for many years. This problem is important in connection with the current global change of the climate. Physical and computational models of the process are suggested in the paper. Analytical solutions for the transfer of solar radiation in light-scattering snow cover and ice are combined with numerical calculations of heat transfer in a multilayer system. The thermal boundary conditions take into account convective heat losses to the ambient air and radiative cooling in the mid-infrared window of transparency of the cloudless atmosphere. The study begins with an anomalous spring melting of ice on the large high-mountain lakes of Tibet. It was found that a thick ice layer not covered with snow starts to melt at the ice-water interface due to volumetric solar heating of ice. The results of the calculations are in good agreement with the field observations. The computational analysis showed a dramatic change in the process when the ice is covered with snow. A qualitative change in the physical picture of the process occurs when the snow cover thickness increases to 20–30 cm. In this case, the snow melting precedes ice melting and water ponds are formed on the ice surface. This is typical for the Arctic Sea in polar summer. Known experimental data are used to estimate the melting of sea ice under the melt pond. Positive or negative feedback related to the specific optical and thermal properties of snow, ice, and water are discussed.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fther.2023.1354265/fullheat transfersolar radiationicesnowscatteringmelting |
| spellingShingle | Leonid A. Dombrovsky Leonid A. Dombrovsky Leonid A. Dombrovsky An effect of a snow cover on solar heating and melting of lake or sea ice Frontiers in Thermal Engineering heat transfer solar radiation ice snow scattering melting |
| title | An effect of a snow cover on solar heating and melting of lake or sea ice |
| title_full | An effect of a snow cover on solar heating and melting of lake or sea ice |
| title_fullStr | An effect of a snow cover on solar heating and melting of lake or sea ice |
| title_full_unstemmed | An effect of a snow cover on solar heating and melting of lake or sea ice |
| title_short | An effect of a snow cover on solar heating and melting of lake or sea ice |
| title_sort | effect of a snow cover on solar heating and melting of lake or sea ice |
| topic | heat transfer solar radiation ice snow scattering melting |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fther.2023.1354265/full |
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