IEM Daily Feature
Wednesday, 22 October 2003

Soil Response

Posted: 22 Oct 2003 08:39 AM


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Soil/Solar daily data trace.
Shown is a 60 day average soil temperature (black line) and solar radiation (red line) trace for the Ames ISUAG site. You can see how the soil temperature have recently risen in reponse to the warmer weather. If you look at this trace next week, you will notice a dramatic cool-off as air temperatures are expected to return to seasonal values.