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Thermal inertia is the function of substance density, heat capacity and heat diffusivity, and is an important parameter for researching the process of surface heat balance using remote sensing technique. In this paper, using soil heat plates, infrared thermometer, data logger and other instruments, by man-controlled changing the solar radiation status on the soil samples, the authors gave a new method to measure soil thermal inertia. Using the continuously surveying data of soil heat flux and infrared radiation temperature, thermal inertia can be calculated easily. Based on the thermal inertia calculation of three soil samples with different water content, good results were abtained by the authors, so this method is feasible. Meanwhile, this measuring technique is also a new attempt.
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Sun, X., Zhu, Z., Tang, X. et al. A new measuring technique of soil thermal inertia. Sci. China Ser. E-Technol. Sci. 43 (Suppl 1), 62–69 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02916580
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