GitHub repository: CryoGrid/CryoGrid3
Primary language: Matlab
Created: 2017-12-05T15:34:50Z
Description: CryoGrid is a one-dimensional land surface model  dedicated to simulate ground temperatures in permafrost environments. The model  calculates the surface energy balance in order  to  represent energy transfer processes between the atmosphere and the ground. These processes include the radiation balance, the exchange of sensible heat, as well as evaporation and condensation. For a realistic representation of the thermal dynamics of the ground, the model includes processes such as the phase change of soil water and an insulating snow cover during winter.   Further developments of CryoGrid already enable the model to represent processes such as ground subsidence and the formation of thermokarst due to melting of excess ground ice. The implemented lake module (FLAKE) allows CryoGird also to simulate heat transfer processes of tundra landscapes that are densely populated by lakes  and ponds.