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Old 20-August-2007, 08:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Dfrank View Post
Van,

No the physics are not different, it is the numbers.

Water temperature, -20c, -10c, -5c, 1c. Ground temperature -20c, -10c, 5c. How far does the solar heat penetrate the surface material? Could it always be -10c just a centimeter below the surface even during max heating? What would be the heat transfer rate? Would the cold ground render the solar heating moot?

It is just a lot of stuff we do not know. A lot more than ambient air temp for sure.

Dfrank
You have atmosphere temperature and pressure, you have solar insolation. You can, with great confidence, conclude that liquid surface water would not be stable for an extended period of time.
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