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A distributed temperature profiling system for vertically and laterally dense acquisition of soil and snow temperature
Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Stijn Wielandt
Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
John Lamb
Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Patrick McClure
Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Ian Shirley
Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Sebastian Uhlemann
Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Chen Wang
Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Sylvain Fiolleau
Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Carlotta Brunetti
Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Franklin H. Akins
Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
John Fitzpatrick
Independent Researchers, Oakland, CA 94501, USA
Samuel Pullman
Independent Researchers, Oakland, CA 94501, USA
Robert Busey
Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA
Craig Ulrich
Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
John Peterson
Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Susan S. Hubbard
Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Short summary
This study presents the development and validation of a novel acquisition system for measuring finely resolved depth profiles of soil and snow temperature at multiple locations. Results indicate that the system reliably captures the dynamics in snow thickness, as well as soil freezing and thawing depth, enabling advances in understanding the intensity and timing in surface processes and their impact on subsurface thermohydrological regimes.
This study presents the development and validation of a novel acquisition system for measuring...
