Authors:
Tomasz Gnatowski, Jan Szatyłowicz, Tomasz Brandyk, Ryszard Oleszczuk and Daniel Szejba
Book:
After Wise Use – The Future of Peatlands, Proceedings of the 13th International Peat Congress: Chemical, Physical and Biological Characteristics of Peat
Keywords:
peat-soil-and-amplitude-equation, thermal-diffusivity
Documentfile:
Gnatowski et al. 2008: Thermal diffusivity of the peat soil surface layer
Summary:
The paper presents the results of thermal diffusivity estimation in peat soil using two methods: amplitude equa- tion and non-steady state single probe technique. The performed study showed that the water content did not significantly influence on the soil thermal diffusivity. Application of the two different methods for the volu- metric soil water content ranging from 50 to 70 % gave comparable results of thermal diffusivity for the peat soil surface layer.