A finite-element framework to explore the numerical solution of the coupled problem of heat conduction, water vapor diffusion, and settlement in dry snow (IvoriFEM v0.1.0)

Brondex, Julien; Fourteau, Kévin; Dumont, Marie; Hagenmuller, Pascal; Calonne, Neige; Tuzet, François; Löwe, Henning

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-7075-2023

Articles | Volume 16, issue 23

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-7075-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-7075-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 23

Development and technical paper

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06 Dec 2023

Development and technical paper |

| 06 Dec 2023

A finite-element framework to explore the numerical solution of the coupled problem of heat conduction, water vapor diffusion, and settlement in dry snow (IvoriFEM v0.1.0)

Julien Brondex, Kévin Fourteau, Marie Dumont, Pascal Hagenmuller, Neige Calonne, François Tuzet, and Henning Löwe

Data sets

Supplementary to "A finite-element framework to explore the numerical solution of the coupled problem of heat conduction, water vapor diffusion and settlement in dry snow (IvoriFEM v0.1.0)" Julien Brondex, Kevin Fourteau, Marie Dumont, Pascal Hagenmuller, Neige Calonne, François Tuzet, and Henning Löwe https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7941767

Model code and software

Supplementary to "A finite-element framework to explore the numerical solution of the coupled problem of heat conduction, water vapor diffusion and settlement in dry snow (IvoriFEM v0.1.0)" Julien Brondex, Kevin Fourteau, Marie Dumont, Pascal Hagenmuller, Neige Calonne, François Tuzet, and Henning Löwe https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7941767

Short summary

Vapor diffusion is one of the main processes governing snowpack evolution, and it must be accounted for in models. Recent attempts to represent vapor diffusion in numerical models have faced several difficulties regarding computational cost and mass and energy conservation. Here, we develop our own finite-element software to explore numerical approaches and enable us to overcome these difficulties. We illustrate the capability of these approaches on established numerical benchmarks.