Soil heat flow investigation at Cass, South Island high country
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- 1 May 1969
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research
- Vol. 12 (2) , 352-366
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00288233.1969.10421187
Abstract
Soil heat flow was measured in a high country valley for periods at different seasons of the year when rain followed a dry spell. The thermal conductivity and the heat capacity of the soil are computed. Heating is then compared with periodic models. Periodic heating at the surface is demonstrated, but a model describing heating through all depths is not found satisfactory. Finally, the heat flow for the periods investigated is related to the other components of the heat balance at the surface.Keywords
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- Micro-Climate and Erosion Processes in the Southern Alps, New ZealandGeografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography, 1968