I am doing a lot of modeling in biogeochemical cycles in forest soils. I would need to include in my model a function to predict soil temperature at different depths from the temperature of the atmosphere. I have a complete data set of soil temperature measurements but I don't have any measurements of the soil thermal properties (conductivity...). I am looking for a simple way of modeling this. Does anyone have some suggestions?
Try simple model described in Bykhovets, S.S., Komarov, A.S. 2002. A simple statistical model of soil climate with a monthly step. Eurasian Soil Science. 35 (4): 392-400.
Thanks for the suggestion but could you send me the full text: I can't find it on internet...?
Check attached file in my previous letter. For any case I attach it here also
Sorry, I did check the previous attachment but the pdf file is only of the first page of the article! Do you have the full-text pdf?
At the depth of 20 cm the soil temperature should be close to the mean daily temperature of the air, especially if the soil is not wet or frozen. (Based on my experience in measuring soil temperature profiles in the forest and solving equation of heat transfer.)
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