Date of Award:
5-1975
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Plants, Soils, and Climate
Department name when degree awarded
Soil Science
Committee Chair(s)
Inge Dirmhirn
Committee
Inge Dirmhirn
Committee
R. J. Hanks
Committee
W. L. Pope
Committee
Frank Eaton
Committee
Noli Baldazo
Committee
David Meyer
Committee
Charles Craw
Abstract
The heat exchange during dry conditions in Curlew Valley for selected clear days is determined from recordings in 10 minute intervals. The two heat budget components, radiative exchange and heat flow in the soil, are studied in detail.
Maximum surface temperature due to radiative exchange above, assuming no heat loss by other components, is determined.
Reduction of surface temperature by heat conduction into the ground was calculated as a second step to solve the heat budget equation.
Substantial heat flow throughout a day is restricted to the upper 10 cm of the soil. Diffusivity of the soil was determined from soil temperature using phase and amplitude equations, of which the first gave better results.
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Recommended Citation
Martinez, Luis R., "The Radiative and Conductive Heat Exchange of a Cold Desert" (1975). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 3186.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/3186
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