Testing a finite-difference model for soil heat transfer by comparing numerical and analytical solutions

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 495-506

  Cichota, Rogerio ^a   Elias, Elimoel A ^a   De Jong Van Lier, Quirijn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AE, apparent error; AM, analytical model; FDA, finite difference approximation; FDM, finite difference model; Finite difference element; Heat flow; Index of agreement; RMSE, root mean squared error; Simulation; Soil temperature

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ANALYTICAL MODELS (AM);

SOILS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

EID: 1642377304     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(03)00164-6     Document Type: Article

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