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Seasonal Snowcovers: Physics, Chemistry, Hydrology pp 179–208Cite as

Modelling of water flow through Snowpacks

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In this chapter physics-based models for the movement of water through snow are described. The conservation and constitutive equations for a mixture of ice, water, water vapour and air are derived and the various simplified forms of these equations used in current models are explained. The relation between microscopic physics-based and macroscopic empirical constitutive equations is discussed. Finally boundary conditions for the models are defined in terms of energy and mass fluxes and methods of calculating these fluxes from meteorological and hydrological data described.

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  2. Department of Chemistry and Applied Chemistry, University of Salford, Lancashire, UK

    W. J. Orville-Thomas

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Morris, E.M. (1987). Modelling of water flow through Snowpacks. In: Jones, H.G., Orville-Thomas, W.J. (eds) Seasonal Snowcovers: Physics, Chemistry, Hydrology. NATO ASI Series, vol 211. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3947-9_11

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