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A method to evaluate the latent heat flux during favourable conditions to frost formation has been tested with measurements made on two consecutive nights. The method is based on a surface thermal budget. Results show sign changes in the computed latent heat flux according to the observed cycle of frost formation and thaw. Flux estimates of 0.045 cal cm-2 min-1, with a mean relative error of 30%, have been obtained during the period of maximum frost accretion.
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Severini, M., Olivieri, B. Experimental evaluation of latent heat flux during night-time radiative hoarfrost. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 19, 119–124 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00120314
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