Lab-0001

Introduction to Permafrost Processes - Lesson 1 Frost Number Model

Model
Frost Model

Duration
1.5 hrs

Updated
2020/03/20

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This lab is part of the series Permafrost. Others in this series are:

• Permafrost Modeling - where does permafrost occur? (1 of 4)
• Permafrost Modeling - the Active Layer (2 of 4)
• Permafrost Modeling - making maps from gridded climate data (3 of 4)
• Permafrost Modeling - looking at future permafrost with climate models (4 of 4)

Contributor(s)

    Irina Overeem at CSDMS , University of Colorado.

    Mark Piper at CSDMS , University of Colorado.

    Kang Wang at East China Normal University.

    Scott Steward at CSDMS , University of Colorado.

    Elchin Jafarov at Los Alamos National Labs, NM.

Classroom organization
introduction

Download associated file: FrostNumberModel Lecture1.pptx

Learning objectives
Skills

• Familiarize with a basic configuration of the Air Frost Number Model
• Make small changes to key input parameters
• See how to write a loop for calculations over a time series
• Hands-on experience with visualizing output in Python

Key concepts

• What is the primary control on the occurrence of permafrost
• Freezing and thawing day indices and how to approximate these
• Where in Russia permafrost occurs
• Critical evaluation of what the Air Frost number approximates

Lab notes

Caption of the figure

Here are the instructions

Requirements
Software is required

References