Experimental evaluation of latent heat flux during night-time radiative hoarfrost

✍ Scribed by M. Severini; B. Olivieri

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1980
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 293 KB
• Volume: 19
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0006-8314
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00120314

✦ Synopsis

A method to evaluate the latent heat flux during favourable conditions to frost formation has been tested with measurements made on two consecutive nights. The method is based on a surface thermal budget. Results show sign changes in the computed latent heat flux according to the observed cycle of frost formation and thaw. Flux estimates of 0.045 cal cm-' min-', with a mean relative error of 30%) have been obtained during the period of maximum frost accretion.