An Automated Earth Temperature Station (Instrumentation).

Abstract

In order to improve heat transfer information needed for underground installations, the Environmental Engineering Section of the National Bureau of Standards has collected hourly earth temperature data for about a year at its site in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Hourly measurements of earth temperatures at selected depths, ground surface heat flux, soil moisture content, ambient air temperature and relative humidity, solar radiation, wind speed and direction, and rainfall were collected using an automatic data acquisition system. The report describes, in detail, the instrumentation system used. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0734859

Entities

People

  • F. J. Powell
  • T. Kusuda

Organizations

  • National Institute of Standards and Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Temperature
  • Data Acquisition
  • Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Heat Flux
  • Heat Transfer
  • Instrumentation
  • Moisture
  • Moisture Content
  • Radiation
  • Solar Radiation

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Environmental Remediation and Restoration.