Field tests of the soil heat flux plate method and some alternatives

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1005-1014

  Ochsner, Tyson E ^a   Sauer, Thomas J ^b   Horton, Robert ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b USDA ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; GRADIENT METHODS; HEAT TRANSFER; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; SOIL MECHANICS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

FIELD TEST; SELF-CALIBRATING PLATE METHOD; SINGLE PROBE GRADIENT METHOD; SOIL HEAT FLUX; THREE NEEDLE GRADIENT METHOD;

HEAT FLUX;

EID: 33746516324     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2005.0249     Document Type: Article

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