Simplified computational approach for dual-probe heat-pulse method

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 447-449

  Knight, J H ^a,b   Kluitenberg, G J ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FUNCTIONS; HEAT FLUX; POLYNOMIALS; SENSORS; SPECIFIC HEAT; SPREADSHEETS;

HEAT PULSES; TAYLOR SERIES;

SOILS;

EQUATION; HEAT CAPACITY; PROBE; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 1542291076     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2004.4470     Document Type: Article

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