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The measurement and recording of the heat flux into the soil
Author(s) -
Deacon E. L.
Publication year - 1950
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49707633011
Subject(s) - galvanometer , heat flux , flux (metallurgy) , thermal , calibration , thread (computing) , heat transfer , materials science , mechanics , meteorology , optics , physics , mechanical engineering , engineering , metallurgy , laser , quantum mechanics
Relatively simple instruments for measuring the heat flux into or out of the soil are described together with methods of calibration. One form consists of a suitable metal disc of sandwich construction producing a thermal e.m.f. proportional to the heat flux through the disc, which is placed in the soil just below the surface. Details are also given of another form of flux plate which is suitable for continuous recording using a thread recording galvanometer.