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. 2021 Sep 9;21(18):6053. doi: 10.3390/s21186053
cp,a Air specific heat (J m2 kg1)
cp,i Ice specific heat (J m2 kg1)
cp,w water specific heat (J m2 kg1)
Da,v Mass diffusivity (m2/s)
f freezing fraction
hcon Convective heat transfer coefficient (W m2 K1)
hg Mass Transfer coefficient (m/s)
ka Air thermal conductivity (W K1 m1)
Llat water latent energy of fusion (J/kg)
Lv Latent heat of vaporization (J/kg)
Le Lewis number
LWC Liquid Water Content (g/m3)
m˙ice mass flux of ice formed in the surface (kg m2 s1)
m˙im mass flux of water that impinges the surface (kg m2 s1)
m˙rb mass flux that enters in the control volume (kg m2 s1)
m˙out the mass flux that leaves that control volume (kg m2 s1)
m˙evap the mass flux of water that is evaporated (kg m2 s1)
Pvs Saturated Vapour pressure (Pa)
Pst Static Pressure (Pa)
qlat impinging water gained Fusion heat flux (W m2)
qevap Water evaporation loss heat flux (W m2)
qsens Sensible heat flux (W m2)
qk Kinetic droplet gained heat flux (W m2)
qnc Net convective heat flux (W m2)
qc Convective droplet heat flux (W m2)
qfric frictional gained heat flux (W m2)
s Surface distance (m)
Tst Static temperature (K)
Tmp Melting point temperature (K)
Trec Recovery temperature (K)
Tsur Surface temperature (K)
Ve Airspeed in the exterior of the boundary layer (m/s)
V Airspeed (m/s)
x Horizontal distance (m)