Analytical solution of heat pulse method in a parallelepiped sample space with inclined needles

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1208-1216

  Liu, Gang ^a,b,c   Li, Baoguo ^a,b,c   Ren, Tusheng ^a,b,c   Horton, Robert ^a,b,c   Si, Bing C ^a,b,c  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; ERRORS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SENSORS; SOILS; SOLUTIONS; SPACE PROBES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRICITY; WATER CONTENT;

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; HEAT PULSE METHOD; MODEL ERRORS;

NEEDLES;

AZIMUTH; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEAT CAPACITY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPACING; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 51149103972     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2007.0260     Document Type: Article

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