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Ice Box Calorimetry: A useful method for estimating heat discharge rates through steaming ground
Earth, Planets and Space volume 60, pages 699–703 (2008)
Abstract
We developed a new technique, Ice Box Calorimetry, for estimating heat discharge rates through steaming ground. Ice within an aluminum box provides a powerful tool for measuring the total heat transfer from the ground surface, including conductive heat, convective heat, and latent heat within vapor. Using this method, we are able to rapidly measure heat discharge rates without the need for specialized apparatus. Applying Ice Box Calorimetry to the Nishiyama steaming ground at Usu volcano, Japan in September 2006, we identified local variations in heat discharge rates. The total heat discharged from the entire geothermal area in September 2006 is estimated to be 27 MW, which represents just 1% of the rate immediately following an eruption from the volcano in 2000.
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Terada, A., Kagiyama, T. & Oshima, H. Ice Box Calorimetry: A useful method for estimating heat discharge rates through steaming ground. Earth Planet Sp 60, 699–703 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03353133
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