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Research article
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18 May 2021
Research article |
| 18 May 2021
| 18 May 2021
The surface energy balance in a cold and arid permafrost environment, Ladakh, Himalayas, India
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT),
Roorkee, India
Renoj J. Thayyen
Water Resources System Division, National Institute of
Hydrology, Roorkee, India
deceased
Chandra Shekhar Prasad Ojha
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT),
Roorkee, India
Stephan Gruber
Department of Geography & Environmental
Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
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- Permafrost modelling with OpenFOAM®: New advancements of the permaFoam solver L. Orgogozo et al. 10.1016/j.cpc.2022.108541
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Short summary
We study the surface energy balance from a cold-arid permafrost environment in the Indian Himalayan region. The GEOtop model was used for the modelling of surface energy balance. Our results show that the variability in the turbulent heat fluxes is similar to that reported from the seasonally frozen ground and permafrost regions of the Tibetan Plateau. Further, the low relative humidity could be playing a critical role in the surface energy balance and the permafrost processes.
We study the surface energy balance from a cold-arid permafrost environment in the Indian...
