Thermal signal propagation in soils in Romania: Conductive and non-conductive processes

Climate of the Past

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 637-645

  Demetrescu, C ^a   Nitoiu, D ^a   Boroneant C ^b   Marica, A ^b   Lucaschi, B ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEODYNAMICS   (Romania)

^b National Meteorological Administration   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; DIFFUSIVITY; FREEZING; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; RAINFALL; SNOW COVER; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 35748937034     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-3-637-2007     Document Type: Article

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