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Two methods for determining thermal conductivity λ, and heat capacity per unit volume C, at a soil surface have recently been developed1. One method also measures the heat flux density.
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VAN WIJK, W. New Method for measuring Heat Flux Density at the Surface of Soils or of Other Bodies. Nature 213, 214 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213214a0
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