Comparison of six algorithms to determine the soil apparent thermal diffusivity at a site in the loess plateau of China

Soil Science

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 51-60

  Wang, Linlin ^a   Gao, Zhiqiu ^a   Horton, Robert ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduction convection; Soil apparent thermal diffusivity; Soil temperature

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BARE SOIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEAT TRANSFER; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 77249145491     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SS.0b013e3181cdda3f     Document Type: Article

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