On the evaluation of the thermal (or eddy) diffusivity from the diurnal temperature wave.

Authors

  • D.A. de Vries

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18174/njas.v4i1.17795

Abstract

The theory of the evaluation of the thermal (or eddy) diffusivity a from determinations of the amptitude and phase of the diurnal temperature wave in a non-homogeneous medium is briefly discussed. It is shown by an example pertaining to the lower air layers that the often-used procedure of applying the theory for a homogeneous medium to successive layers of a non-homogeneous medium may lead to values of a that are in error by more than a factor ten. (Abstract retrieved from CAB Abstracts by CABI’s permission)

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Published

1956-02-01

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (1956)

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