PPT-Measurement of Soil Temperature and Computation of Soil Heat Flux

Aim To record soil temperature at different depths and computation of soil heat flux Instruments required Soil thermometer for 510 and 20cm depths Computation of soil heat flux q T . Doug Cobos Ph.D.. Decagon Devices. . and Washington State University. Background. About the presenter. Ph.D. in Soil Physics, 2003, University of Minnesota. Director of Research and Development, Decagon Devices, Inc.. Scales of Measurement. Celsius scale – based on where water freezes (0. . C) and where water boils (100. . C). Kelvin scale – based on the movement of particles. . Absolute Zero. At 0 K, all particle movement has ceased. Modelling the Role of Vegetation Type & Fire on Permafrost Thaw. Aaron Thierry, . C. Estop-. Aragones. , . J.Fisher. , . I.Hartley. , J. . Murton. , G. Phoenix, L. Street & M. Williams. ~25% of NH land area. model . intercomparison. project (FAFMIP). Steering committee. :. Jonathan Gregory (U Reading and Met Office),. . Stephen . Griffies. . (GFDL),. . Detlef. Stammer (U Hamburg), Oleg . Saenko. (. Basics. The . global hydrological cycle. Precipitation. Soil water (lab work). Surface energy . fluxes. Evaporation . and transpiration. Snowpack. Groundwater. Streamflow. Floods . & . Droughts. Water management. Jacob Adams. ME 340 Winter 2010. The Problem:. Long complex boiling equations. Numerous cases and different variations can be confusing. Evaluation takes a lot of time. The Solution:. A Calculator!. Makes calculations quick and easy. Heat. Heat. is energy that flows from a higher-temperature object to a lower-temperature object because of the difference in temperatures.. SI Unit of Heat:. joule (J).. SI unit for heat is the joule, J. Introduction. What are the most common ways to take temperature?.  . Infrared thermography. Forehead thermometer. Mercury thermometer. Principle. Non-contact plane surface array temperature measurement. Ass. Lec. Firas Harith . Thermometry and Temperature Scales. . Temperature is difficult to measure directly. , so we . usually measure it indirectly by measuring . one of many . physical properties. Clausius. – . Clapeyron. equation, Temperature dependence of entropy, Statistical interpretation of entropy, Consequences of third law, Nernst heat theorem, Equilibrium constant, Van-Hoff equation, Concept of fugacity, activity and mole fraction. K. p. ).. Computation of Potential and Actual Evapotranspiration (ET) status by using pan evaporation data and . K. p. value.. 2. flux, a 40 m × 40 m (5-m interval; 81 total points) plot was used in June, August, and September of 2011. Average CO. 2. fluxes in lichen, moss, and tussock tundra were 3.4 ± 2.7, 4.5 ± 2.9, and 7.2 ± 5.7 mgCO. N. Gopalswamy, H. Xie, S. Yashiro, and S. Akiyama. NASA/GSFC. SPD Meeting July 8 -11, 2013 Bozeman, Montana. ribbons. . r. . P. Longcope et . al. 2007. Longcope & Beveridge, 2007. Qiu et al. 2007. Reed Herner. 1. . Alexander Foutch. 2. , . Kelsa. Palomares. 1. , Adam Boylston. 1. , Lindsey Holmes. 1. 1. Analytical Mechanics Associates. 2. Missouri University of Science and Technology. Powering the Next Era of Space Exploration.