soil_specific_heat: Soil Specific Heat

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Soil Specific Heat

Description

The function estimates soil specific heat (J kg^-1 K^-1) using the methods of \insertCitedeVries1963;textualTrenchR. The function incorporates the volume fraction of organic material, minerals, and water in soil.

Usage

soil_specific_heat(x_o, x_m, x_w, rho_so)

Arguments

x_o	numeric volume fraction of organic material (0-1).
x_m	numeric volume fraction of minerals (0-1).
x_w	numeric volume fraction of water (0-1).
rho_so	numeric particle density of soil in (kg m-3) (bulk density).

Value

numeric soil specific heat (J kg^-1 K^-1).

Author(s)

Joseph Grigg

References

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See Also

Other soil temperature functions: soil_conductivity(), soil_temperature_equation(), soil_temperature_function(), soil_temperature_integrand(), soil_temperature()

Examples

  soil_specific_heat(x_o    = 0.01, 
                     x_m    = 0.6, 
                     x_w    = 0.2, 
                     rho_so = 1620)

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