An improved model for predicting soil thermal conductivity from water content at room temperature

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 8-14

  Lu, Sen ^a   Ren, Tusheng ^a   Gong, Yuanshi ^a   Horton, Robert ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

JOHANSEN MODEL; QUARTZ FRACTION; SOIL THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

SOILS;

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BULK DENSITY; CALIBRATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MODEL VALIDATION; MOISTURE FLUX; QUARTZ; SAND; SATURATED MEDIUM; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 33846807222     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2006.0041     Document Type: Article

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