Permafrost Drilling and Soil-Temperature Measurements at Resolute, Cornwallis Island, Canada

Nature ◽  
1952 ◽  
Vol 170 (4330) ◽  
pp. 705-706 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDREW THOMSON ◽  
P. C. BREMNER
Keyword(s):  
Soil Temperature ◽  
Temperature Measurements ◽  
Cornwallis Island

Thermal Performance Verification of Thermal Vertical Support Members for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline

1979 ◽  
Vol 101 (4) ◽  
pp. 225-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. W. Pearson
Keyword(s):  
Soil Temperature ◽  
Field Test ◽  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Temperature Data ◽  
Temperature Measurements ◽  
Performance Verification ◽  
Vertical Support

Extensive soil temperature measurements have been taken for more than two years in a field test designed to monitor the performance of thermal vertical support members used to support elevated sections of the trans-Alaska pipeline as it crosses marginal permafrost. Thermal aspects of the design are summarized and soil temperature data are presented which demonstrate the ability of the overall thermal vertical support member system to protect the surrounding permafrost.

Soil-Temperature Measurements

Ecology ◽  
1923 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 434-435
Author(s):  
J. W. Redway
Keyword(s):  
Soil Temperature ◽  
Temperature Measurements

Soil Temperature Measurements in Forests of Northwestern Canada

Ecology ◽  
1963 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. W. Jeffrey
Keyword(s):  
Soil Temperature ◽  
Temperature Measurements

Soil Temperature Measurements in Kansas 1

1957 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 276-276
Author(s):  
L. D. Bark ◽  
H. H. Laude
Keyword(s):  
Soil Temperature ◽  
Temperature Measurements

Effects of madrone, chinkapin, and tanoak sprouts on light intensity, soil moisture, and soil temperature

1986 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 654-658 ◽  
Author(s):  
Don Minore
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Light Intensity ◽  
Soil Temperature ◽  
Temperature Measurements ◽  
Moisture Conditions

Light, moisture, and temperature measurements beneath sprout clumps were compared with similar measurements outside the clumps on eight clear-cuttings in southwestern Oregon. Light intensity was higher beneath madrone than beneath tanoak or chinkapin. Soil moisture was higher beneath the clumps and soil temperature was lower than outside them during the cool moist summer of 1983. Soil temperature remained lower beneath the clumps during the warm dry summer of 1985, but moisture conditions were similar beneath and outside the clumps after the prolonged 1985 drought.

scholarly journals Comparison of MODIS-derived land surface temperatures with near-surface soil and air temperature measurements in continuous permafrost terrain

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 1583-1625 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Hachem ◽  
C. R. Duguay ◽  
M. Allard
Keyword(s):  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Soil Temperature ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
High Latitude ◽  
Land Surface ◽  
Temperature Measurements ◽  
Near Surface ◽  
Recent Climate ◽  
Continuous Permafrost ◽  
Promising Source

Abstract. In Arctic and sub-Arctic regions, meteorological stations are scattered and poorly distributed geographically; they are mostly located along coastal areas and are often unreachable by road. Given that high-latitude regions are the ones most significantly affected by recent climate warming, there is a need to supplement existing meteorological station networks with spatially continuous measurements such as those obtained by spaceborne platforms. In particular, land surface (skin) temperature (LST) retrieved from satellite sensors offer the opportunity to utilize remote sensing technology to obtain a consistent coverage of a key parameter for climate, permafrost, and hydrological research. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor aboard the Terra and Aqua satellite platforms offers the potential to provide spatial estimates of near-surface temperature values. In this study, LST values from MODIS were compared to ground-based near-surface air and soil temperature measurements obtained at herbaceous and shrub tundra sites located in the continuous permafrost zone of northern Québec, Canada, and the North Slope of Alaska, USA. LST values were found to be better correlated with near-surface air temperature (1–2 m above the ground) than with soil temperature (3–5 cm below the ground) measurements. A comparison between mean daily air temperature from ground-based station measurements and mean daily MODIS LST, calculated from daytime and nighttime temperature values of both Terra and Aqua acquisitions, for all sites and all seasons pooled together reveals a high correlation between the two sets of measurements (R>0.93 and mean difference of −1.86 °C). Mean differences ranged between −0.51 °C and −5.13 °C due to the influence of surface heterogeneity within the MODIS 1 km2 grid cells at some sites. Overall, it is concluded that MODIS offers a great potential for monitoring surface temperature changes in high-latitude tundra regions and provides a promising source of input data for integration into spatially-distributed permafrost models.

scholarly journals Comments on “Estimating Soil Water Contents from Soil Temperature Measurements by Using an Adaptive Kalman Filter”

2005 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 546-550 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kun Yang ◽  
Toshio Koike
Keyword(s):  
Kalman Filter ◽  
Soil Temperature ◽  
Water Content ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Soil Water Content ◽  
Thermal Parameter ◽  
Monotonic Function ◽  
Temperature Measurements ◽  
Adaptive Kalman Filter ◽  
Soil Temperatures

Abstract A scheme was proposed by Zhang et al. to estimate soil water content from soil temperature measurements by using an adaptive Kalman filter. Their scheme is based on the fact that soil heat capacity and thermal conductivity are a monotonic function of soil water content. However, thermal diffusivity, a more critical thermal parameter in such an estimation, is not a monotonic function of soil water content in most cases. This could result in multiple solutions in some cases when deriving soil water content from soil temperatures.

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