mass balance
Ice gain/loss measurement
Mass balance is the accounting of material entering and leaving a system—what goes in must equal what comes out, plus or minus what accumulates.
In environmental science, it tracks glacial ice gained through snowfall against ice lost through melting: The glacier's mass balance has been negative for decades.
In chemistry and engineering, mass balance calculations verify that reactions or processes aren't losing material unexpectedly.
- inputData received for processing
- outputWhat something generates
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- annual cycleRecurring twelve-month pattern
stoichiometry · closed system · ice · firn · equilibrium · snow accumulation · steady state · snowpack · cryosphere · terminus · accounting · transformation · glaciology · glacier melt · flowrate · inventory · thermodynamics · reservoir
- engineeringengineers, civil engineering, engineering, electrical engineering, blueprint
- glaciersglacier, crevasse, glacial movement, moraine, iceberg
- Formulaschemical formula, quadratic formula, empirical formula, area formula, volume formula
- Chemistry Calculationsstoichiometry, moles, balancing equations, chemical equation, chemical equations
- glacier meltmelting, meltwater, ice melt, glacial retreat, glacier retreat
- groundwater modelingtransmissivity, boundary conditions, finite element, drawdown, confined aquifer
mass balanceunbalanced
Lacking equilibrium or stability
disequilibrium · lopsided · uneven · imbalance · net loss
mass, balance, balanced, massive, masses, unbalanced, imbalance, unbalance, counterbalance