scholarly journals Ablation and Heat Balance of the Yukikabe Snow Patch in the Daisetsu Mountains, Hokkaido, Japan

1984 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 122-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Sato ◽  
S. Takahashi ◽  
R. Naruse ◽  
G. Wakahama
Keyword(s):  
Latent Heat ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
Heat Balance ◽  
Meteorological Parameters ◽  
Heat Sources ◽  
Sensible Heat ◽  
Net Radiation ◽  
Ice Caps ◽  
Air Temperatures ◽  
The Heat Balance

A good correlation was found between the ablation of snow and degree day index (cumulative values of positive daily mean air temperature) during the summer of 1978 on the Yukikabe snow patch in the Daisetsu mountains, central Hokkaido. The volume change of the snow patch in the ablation season of any year can hence be estimated from air temperature using this relationship. Each of the heat-balance terms controlling the ablation is evaluated separately by using empirical equations and assumed values for meteorological parameters at the snow patch. Triangular diagrams are constructed in order to illustrate the relative contributions of sensible heat, latent heat, and net radiation, the main three heat sources. A higher contribution from sensible and latent heat is found for the snow patches of Japan than for many glaciers and ice caps elsewhere. This may be due to higher mid-summer air temperatures than in other glaciated parts of the world.

scholarly journals Ablation and Heat Balance of the Yukikabe Snow Patch in the Daisetsu Mountains, Hokkaido, Japan

1984 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 122-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Sato ◽  
S. Takahashi ◽  
R. Naruse ◽  
G. Wakahama
Keyword(s):  
Latent Heat ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
Heat Balance ◽  
Meteorological Parameters ◽  
Heat Sources ◽  
Sensible Heat ◽  
Net Radiation ◽  
Ice Caps ◽  
Air Temperatures ◽  
The Heat Balance

A good correlation was found between the ablation of snow and degree day index (cumulative values of positive daily mean air temperature) during the summer of 1978 on the Yukikabe snow patch in the Daisetsu mountains, central Hokkaido. The volume change of the snow patch in the ablation season of any year can hence be estimated from air temperature using this relationship. Each of the heat-balance terms controlling the ablation is evaluated separately by using empirical equations and assumed values for meteorological parameters at the snow patch. Triangular diagrams are constructed in order to illustrate the relative contributions of sensible heat, latent heat, and net radiation, the main three heat sources. A higher contribution from sensible and latent heat is found for the snow patches of Japan than for many glaciers and ice caps elsewhere. This may be due to higher mid-summer air temperatures than in other glaciated parts of the world.

scholarly journals Characteristics of the Heat Balance of the Greenland Ice sheet for Modelling

1985 ◽  
Vol 31 (107) ◽  
pp. 3-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Ambach
Keyword(s):  
Air Temperature ◽  
Heat Balance ◽  
Sensible Heat Flux ◽  
Greenland Ice Sheet ◽  
Climatic Changes ◽  
Equilibrium Line ◽  
Radiation Balance ◽  
Sensible Heat ◽  
Net Radiation ◽  
The Heat Balance

AbstractData of the heat balance measured during EGIG 1959 and 1967 are applied to calculate the shift in equilibrium line due to climatic changes. The analysis follows Kuhn’s algorithm by determining from the data: (i) response of the net radiation balance due to changes in air temperature, cloudiness, and albedo, (ii) the response of the sensible heat flux due to changes in air temperature, (iii) the altitudinal gradients of air temperature and cumulative accumulation, (iv) the duration of the ablation season, and (v) the significance of superimposed ice. The shift of the equilibrium line due to changes in cloudiness is negligible compared to that which is caused by changes in temperature. The formation of superimposed ice, however, influences the result considerably. The shift of the equilibrium line amounts to +77 m K−1 at constant cloudiness and –4 m per 1/10 cloudiness at constant temperature.

scholarly journals Characteristics of the Heat Balance of the Greenland Ice sheet for Modelling

1985 ◽  
Vol 31 (107) ◽  
pp. 3-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Ambach
Keyword(s):  
Air Temperature ◽  
Heat Balance ◽  
Sensible Heat Flux ◽  
Greenland Ice Sheet ◽  
Climatic Changes ◽  
Equilibrium Line ◽  
Radiation Balance ◽  
Sensible Heat ◽  
Net Radiation ◽  
The Heat Balance

AbstractData of the heat balance measured during EGIG 1959 and 1967 are applied to calculate the shift in equilibrium line due to climatic changes. The analysis follows Kuhn’s algorithm by determining from the data: (i) response of the net radiation balance due to changes in air temperature, cloudiness, and albedo, (ii) the response of the sensible heat flux due to changes in air temperature, (iii) the altitudinal gradients of air temperature and cumulative accumulation, (iv) the duration of the ablation season, and (v) the significance of superimposed ice. The shift of the equilibrium line due to changes in cloudiness is negligible compared to that which is caused by changes in temperature. The formation of superimposed ice, however, influences the result considerably. The shift of the equilibrium line amounts to +77 m K−1at constant cloudiness and –4 m per 1/10 cloudiness at constant temperature.

scholarly journals Summer Heat and Ice Balances on Hodges Glacier, South Georgia, Falkland Islands Dependencies

1982 ◽  
Vol 28 (99) ◽  
pp. 221-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. G. G. Hogg ◽  
J. G. Paren ◽  
R. J. Timmis
Keyword(s):  
Latent Heat ◽  
Heat Balance ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Falkland Islands ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
Ablation Zone ◽  
Net Radiation ◽  
Summer Heat ◽  
The Heat Balance

AbstractThe heat and ice balances of a temperate sub-Antarctic cirque glacier were measured through the 1973–74 melt season at an altitude midway between the climatic firn limit and the snout. The melt calculated from mean daily measurements at a single level of net radiation, wind-speed, temperature, and humidity agreed with that observed at nearby budget stakes. In the central ablation zone, radiation provided (54 ± 6)% and sensible fluxes (46 ± 6)% of the heat income through the summer, which was exceptionally warm and sunny. Latent-heat fluxes made no significant contribution to the heat balance. The calculation by Smith (1960) that the radiative, sensible, and latent heat fluxes contribute about equally to ablation in this zone has not been substantiated by measurement. The measured partition of the glacier’s heat balance suggested that maritime influences on its regime are mitigated by its position in the lee of a major mountain range.

scholarly journals A gap filling method for active surface heat balance structure

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 00023
Author(s):  
Jacek Leśny ◽  
Monika Panfil
Keyword(s):  
Latent Heat ◽  
Heat Balance ◽  
Bowen Ratio ◽  
Active Surface ◽  
Soil Heat Flux ◽  
Surface Heat ◽  
Sensible Heat ◽  
Net Radiation ◽  
Gap Filling ◽  
Balance Structure

The paper describes gap filling procedures for active surface heat balance structure data recorded for fields of rape, maize, spring and winter wheat and an apple orchard. The balance components were determined based on the Bowen ratio requiring direct measurements of net radiation, soil heat flux, temperature and water vapour pressure profiles. The latter is used to determine vertical gradients and the Bowen ratio, with sensible and latent heat fluxes calculated from the heat balance equation. Missing data are filled in from regression dependencies between individual balance components at various measurement sites. The regression data set comprised results recorded over 24 h, before the gap in measurements and after 24 h. Multiple regressions were determined from a 48-h measurement set. Regression was applied to establish missing values of net radiation (Rn), soil heat flux (G) and latent heat (LE), while sensible heat was calculated from the active surface heat balance equation. Relatively the greatest differences were found for latent heat and soil fluxes, with both estimated values deviating by 13% from the measured daily average, for net radiation the relative difference was 10% and for sensible heat – 6%. This method successfully filled gaps in measured heat balance data from April to September.

scholarly journals Summer Heat and Ice Balances on Hodges Glacier, South Georgia, Falkland Islands Dependencies

1982 ◽  
Vol 28 (99) ◽  
pp. 221-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. G. G. Hogg ◽  
J. G. Paren ◽  
R. J. Timmis
Keyword(s):  
Latent Heat ◽  
Heat Balance ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Falkland Islands ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
Ablation Zone ◽  
Net Radiation ◽  
Summer Heat ◽  
The Heat Balance

AbstractThe heat and ice balances of a temperate sub-Antarctic cirque glacier were measured through the 1973–74 melt season at an altitude midway between the climatic firn limit and the snout. The melt calculated from mean daily measurements at a single level of net radiation, wind-speed, temperature, and humidity agreed with that observed at nearby budget stakes. In the central ablation zone, radiation provided (54 ± 6)% and sensible fluxes (46 ± 6)% of the heat income through the summer, which was exceptionally warm and sunny. Latent-heat fluxes made no significant contribution to the heat balance. The calculation by Smith (1960) that the radiative, sensible, and latent heat fluxes contribute about equally to ablation in this zone has not been substantiated by measurement. The measured partition of the glacier’s heat balance suggested that maritime influences on its regime are mitigated by its position in the lee of a major mountain range.

scholarly journals The Midsummer Heat Balance of an Alaskan Maritime Glacier

1968 ◽  
Vol 7 (51) ◽  
pp. 431-440 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. A. Streten ◽  
G. Wendler
Keyword(s):  
Latent Heat ◽  
Heat Balance ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Ice Melting ◽  
Mountain Glacier ◽  
Temperature And Humidity ◽  
The Heat Balance

AbstractThe heat balance of an Alaskan mountain glacier located close to the sea is calculated for a period of 16 d in midsummer—a period which is typical of the summer in this region in its high cloudiness and in its temperature and humidity conditions. The radiative and the combined sensible and latent heat components are found to contribute equally to the observed high rate of ice melting.

scholarly journals THERMAL MODE OF THE BUILDING WITH THE SYSTEM OF REFLECTORS INSTALLED FROM THE NORTHERN SIDE

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 321-326
Author(s):  
Sh. B Imomov ◽  
S.I. Xamraev ◽  
B.G. Sherkulov
Keyword(s):  
Solar Radiation ◽  
Temperature Regime ◽  
Heat Balance ◽  
Thermal Mode ◽  
Air Temperatures ◽  
Northern Side ◽  
The Heat Balance

The heat balance and the temperature regime of the building in the building + reflectors during the period of the minimum arrival of solar radiation (December) and the lowest outside air temperatures (January) in the conditions of Karshi are considered. The obtained results confirm the effectiveness of the application of the building + reflectors system.

Characteristics of Long-term Surface Heat Source and Its Climate Influence Factors in Central Tibetan Plateau

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zeyong Hu ◽  
Xiaoqiang Yan
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Heat Source ◽  
Latent Heat ◽  
Latent Heat Flux ◽  
Sensible Heat Flux ◽  
Surface Heat ◽  
Sensible Heat ◽  
Net Radiation ◽  
Maximum Value

<p>Based on multi-level AWS data during 2001 to 2015 and eddy covariance data during 2011 to 2014 at Nagqu Station of Plateau Climate and Environment, the turbulent fluxes were calculated by a surface energy balance combination (CM) and eddy covariance ( EC) method. A long-term heat fluxes and surface heat source were obtained with comparison and correction of EC and CM fluxes. The surface energy closure ratio is close to 1 in spring, summer and autumn. But it reaches to 1.34 in winter due to low net radiation observation value on snow surface. The sensible heat flux shows a ascend trend while latent heat flux shows a descend trend during 2002 to 2015. The surface heat source shows a descend trend. The analysis of the surface heat source indicates that it has a significant relationship with net radiation flux, surface temperature, soil moisture and wind speed. Particularly, the surface heat source has a significant response to net radiation flux throughout the year. There are obvious influences of surface temperature and soil moisture on the surface heat source in spring, autumn and winter. And the influence of wind speeds on surface heat source is strong only in spring. The annual variation of sensible heat flux and latent heat flux are obvious. Sensible heat flux reaches the maximum value of the year in April and the minimum value in July. however, latent heat flux shows the maximum value in July and the minimum value in January. </p>

scholarly journals The Midsummer Heat Balance of an Alaskan Maritime Glacier

1968 ◽  
Vol 7 (51) ◽  
pp. 431-440 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. A. Streten ◽  
G. Wendler
Keyword(s):  
Latent Heat ◽  
Heat Balance ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Ice Melting ◽  
Mountain Glacier ◽  
Temperature And Humidity ◽  
The Heat Balance

Abstract The heat balance of an Alaskan mountain glacier located close to the sea is calculated for a period of 16 d in midsummer—a period which is typical of the summer in this region in its high cloudiness and in its temperature and humidity conditions. The radiative and the combined sensible and latent heat components are found to contribute equally to the observed high rate of ice melting.

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