A review and evaluation of 39 thermal conductivity models for frozen soils

• Published in: Geoderma Vol. 382; p. 114694
• Main Authors: He, Hailong, Flerchinger, Gerald N., Kojima, Yuki, Dyck, Miles, Lv, Jialong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 15.01.2021
• Subjects: data collection; Frozen soils; heat; ice; Model evaluation/comparison; Review; soil temperature; Soil thermal conductivity; soil water; thermal conductivity; Frozen soils; Review; Model evaluation/comparison; Soil thermal conductivity

•A total of 39 models to predict frozen soil thermal conductivity were reviewed.•A large dataset was compiled to evaluate performance of the models.•BB1992, TZ2016, ZM2018 and WL2017 are the best performing models, but overall performance of the models is not satisfactory.•A call for new model conce...