HeatCapacity: Heat capacity
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Apparent heat capacity of soil or rock

1	HeatCapacity(mat)

mat

Data frame with relevant ground properties. Needed: mat$ice (ice content, volumetric fraction) and mat$liq (liquid water content, volumetric fraction).

Computes the apparent heat capacity of soil or rock based on the heat capacity of the consituents and the apparent heat capacity parameterized using the derivative of the liquit water content (see funtion "Unfrozen").

Returns the input data frame with the column cj updated in [J m-3 K-1] If this column does not exist in the input it is created.

Stephan Gruber <stephan.gruber@carleton.ca>