# Supplementary Material of Fourteau et al., 2020, The Cryosphere Discussion

# Polynomial fits of snow thermal conductivity against density
# Based on Finite Elements numerical simulations performed on CT-based microstructures
# rho/rho_ice is the volume fraction of ice in the snow microstructure

#Keff vertical = a * (rho/rho_ice)**2 + b * (rho/rho_ice) + c
#Temperature(K) 	 a	b	c
223	2.5636477350218185	-0.05908658447055193	0.02047762037678887
248	2.1721297601866487	0.01532014275354665	0.02520620072434928
263	1.9854381530097258	0.07311829372302614	0.03355766187686617
268	1.8831474252546476	0.10702430141257802	0.03860735564955388
273	1.7757296601863153	0.14685388909850042	0.04548243402867444

#Keff horizontal = a * (rho/rho_ice)**2 + b * (rho/rho_ice) + c
#Temperature(K) 	 a	b	c
223	1.7463441441288947	0.13531974473991648	0.02047762037678887
248	1.4340509103141903	0.20063681815073253	0.02520620072434928
263	1.2735216433909473	0.2608335978484566	0.03355766187686617
268	1.1866434271073152	0.295492517922615	0.03860735564955388
273	1.0952082366074998	0.3363846477424028	0.04548243402867444

#Keff geometrical mean = a * (rho/rho_ice)**2 + b * (rho/rho_ice) + c
#Temperature(K) 	 a	b	c
223	2.134748078333666	0.04053282138009262	0.02047762037678887
248	1.7849564476788908	0.11067231067351435	0.02520620072434928
263	1.6130679240119838	0.16968428864718543	0.03355766187686617
268	1.5197233936940595	0.20384928726488694	0.03860735564955388
273	1.4218424831411018	0.24400371238518442	0.04548243402867444
