Soil heat flux plates: Heat flow distortion and thermal contact resistance

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 304-310

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

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR DETECTION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MEASUREMENT THEORY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

FLUX PLATE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITIES; HEAT FLOW DISTORTION; SOIL HEAT FLUX PLATES; THERMAL CONTACT RESISTANCE;

SOILS;

EID: 33846222390     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2005.0038s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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