Simulation of Snow Metamorphism Pedro Rodriguez

Method  Part 1: Constructing a snowpack  Bi-continuous Model: summation of randomized cosine vectors + cutoff  Part 2: Mass Transfer by Temperature Gradient  Fick Flow drives mass transfer  In simulation, empirical mass transfer used  Particles sublimated, then deposited  Run ‘main.m’

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