Topic 11

11. Soil heat transfer

Learning objectives

  • How can we measure heat storage changes, and transfer in and out of soils?
  • How does heat storage in soils change on diurnal and annual scales?
  • How can we alter substrates to control soil thermal climates (agriculture, design)?

Lecture Slides
Reading Package Topics 10-12
Study questions

External resources
Visualizing Soil Heat Flux Density