Evaluation of the heat pulse probe method for determining frozen soil moisture content

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Yinsuo ^a   Treberg, Michael ^a   Carey, Sean K ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE; FREEZING PROCESS; HEAT PULSE; ICE MELTING; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; MATHEMATICAL REPRESENTATIONS; MOISTURE CONDITIONS; MOISTURE CONTENTS; MOISTURE LEVEL; NO PHASE; NUMERICAL MODELS; PHASE CHANGE; PROBE SPACING; REINSTALLATION; SENSITIVE PARAMETER; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL THERMAL PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TOTAL WATER CONTENT; UNFROZEN WATER;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; MELTING; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBES; SOIL MOISTURE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; WATER CONTENT;

FROZEN SOILS;

ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FROZEN GROUND; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MELTING; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; SATURATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 79958072232     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR010085     Document Type: Article

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