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Weather and Diurnal Frozen Soil Structure at Charlottesville, Virginia
Author(s) -
Outcalt Sam I.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr005i006p01377
Subject(s) - frost (temperature) , diurnal temperature variation , environmental science , limiting , dew point , dew , soil water , hydrology (agriculture) , water content , atmospheric sciences , meteorology , soil science , geology , geotechnical engineering , geography , engineering , mechanical engineering , condensation
The results of a field study of weather conditions and diurnal frost structures demonstrate the effect of the atmospheric environment on the structure of soils at a site where soil water content was not a limiting factor. Statistical discrimination of soil freezing and frozen soil structures is often made possible by using late afternoon sky and dew‐point temperature data. An evolutionary classification of three typical frozen soil structures is also presented.