Parameterizing Deep Water Percolation Improves Subsurface Temperature Simulations by a Multilayer Firn Model

Deep preferential percolation of melt water in snow and firn brings water lower along the vertical profile than a laterally homogeneous wetting front. This widely recognized process is an important source of uncertainty in simulations of subsurface temperature, density, and water content in seasonal...

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Main Authors: Sergey Marchenko, Ward J. J. van Pelt, Björn Claremar, Veijo Pohjola, Rickard Pettersson, Horst Machguth, Carleen Reijmer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2017.00016/full