PISM, A Parallel Ice Sheet Model  stable v2.1-1-g6902d5502 committed by Ed Bueler on 2023-12-20 08:38:27 -0800

◆ L()

double pism::EnthalpyConverter::L ( double  T_pm) const

Latent heat of fusion of water as a function of pressure melting temperature.

Following a re-interpretation of [AschwandenBuelerKhroulevBlatter], we require that \( \Diff{H}{p} = 0 \):

\[ \Diff{H}{p} = \diff{H_w}{p} + \diff{H_w}{p}\Diff{T}{p} \]

We assume that water is incompressible, so \( \Diff{T}{p} = 0 \) and the second term vanishes.

As for the first term, equation (5) of [AschwandenBuelerKhroulevBlatter] defines \( H_w \) as follows:

\[ H_w = \int_{T_0}^{T_m(p)} C_i(t) dt + L + \int_{T_m(p)}^T C_w(t)dt \]

Using the fundamental theorem of Calculus, we get

\[ \diff{H_w}{p} = (C_i(T_m(p)) - C_w(T_m(p))) \diff{T_m(p)}{p} + \diff{L}{p} \]

Assuming that \( C_i(T) = c_i \) and \( C_w(T) = c_w \) (i.e. specific heat capacities of ice and water do not depend on temperature) and using the Clausius-Clapeyron relation

\[ T_m(p) = T_m(p_{\text{air}}) - \beta p, \]

we get

\begin{align} \Diff{H}{p} &= (c_i - c_w)\diff{T_m(p)}{p} + \diff{L}{p}\\ &= \beta(c_w - c_i) + \diff{L}{p}\\ \end{align}

Requiring \( \Diff{H}{p} = 0 \) implies

\[ \diff{L}{p} = -\beta(c_w - c_i), \]

and so

\begin{align} L(p) &= -\beta p (c_w - c_i) + C\\ &= (T_m(p) - T_m(p_{\text{air}})) (c_w - c_i) + C. \end{align}

Letting \( p = p_{\text{air}} \) we find \( C = L(p_\text{air}) = L_0 \), so

\[ L(p) = (T_m(p) - T_m(p_{\text{air}})) (c_w - c_i) + L_0, \]

where \( L_0 \) is the latent heat of fusion of water at atmospheric pressure.

Therefore a consistent interpretation of [AschwandenBuelerKhroulevBlatter] requires the temperature-dependent approximation of the latent heat of fusion of water given above.

Note that this form of \( L(p) \) also follows from Kirchhoff's law of thermochemistry.

Definition at line 358 of file EnthalpyConverter.cc.

References m_c_i, m_c_w, and m_L.

Referenced by enthalpy(), enthalpy_liquid(), and water_fraction().