Apparent thermal diffusivity in soil: Estimation from thermal records and suggestions for numerical modeling

Physical Geography

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 419-430

  Kling, Johan ^a   Chen, Deliang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONDUCTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELLING; SOIL TEMPERATURE; THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY;

EID: 0030316535     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723646.1996.10642593     Document Type: Article

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