Please could someone clarify correct definition of Soil Temperature and
Earth Temperature.
Is it Soil Temperature for depths up to 20cm and Earth Temperature below
this depth?
So 4 & 10cm Soil but 30 & 100cm Earth temperatures.

Regards

Richard

On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:16:40 -0000, Richard Griffith wrote in


Please could someone clarify correct definition of Soil Temperature and
Earth Temperature.
Is it Soil Temperature for depths up to 20cm and Earth Temperature below
this depth?
So 4 & 10cm Soil but 30 & 100cm Earth temperatures.

Yes I think you are correct. When I was measuring them, the 5, 10 and 20cm
were known as soil, and the 30, 50 and 100cm were the earth temperatures.

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Mike Tullett - Coleraine 55.13°N 6.69°W posted 12/12/2007 11:36:11 GMT

On 12 Dec, 11:36, Mike Tullett
wrote:

Yes I think you are correct. When I was measuring them, the 5, 10 and 20cm
were known as soil, and the 30, 50 and 100cm were the earth temperatures.


Hi, Mike and Richard,

Further to Mike's reply, for Met O obs, soil temperatures (5, 10 and
20cm) are measured under bare soil and earth temperatures (30, 50 and
100cm) under grass.

Ken
Copley, Teesdale