Diffusive heat flux at the soil surface is commonly determined as a mean value over a time period using heat flux plates buried at some depth (e.g., 5–8 cm) below the surface with a correction to surface flux based on the change in heat storage during the corresponding time period in the soil layer above the plates. The change in heat storage is based on the soil temperature change in the layer...

We desire the heat flux through the boundary S of the subregion V , which is the normal component of the heat flux vector φ, φ n̂, where n̂ is the outward unit · normal at the boundary S. Hats on vectors denote a unit vector, n̂ = 1 (length 1). | | If the heat flux vector φ is directed inward, then φ n̂ < 0 and the outward flow of · heat is negative. To compute the total heat energy flowing across ...

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A systematic study of the local convective heat transport in turbulent thermal convection is carried out in small-aspect-ratio cells filled with water. The local convective heat flux is obtained from the simultaneous velocity and temperature measurements over varying Rayleigh numbers and spatial positions across the entire convection cell. Large fluctuations of the local convective heat flux ar...

Using a quasi-static approach valid for Stefan numbers less than one, we derive approximate equations governing the movement of a phase change front for materials which generate internal heat. These models are applied for both constant surface temperature and constant surface heat flux boundary conditions, in cylindrical, spherical, plane wall and semi-infinite geometries. Exact solutions with ...

Unlike Le Quéré et al. (Reports, 22 June 2007, p. 1735), we do not find a saturating Southern Ocean carbon sink due to recent climate change. In our ocean model, observed wind forcing causes reduced carbon uptake, but heat and freshwater flux forcing cause increased uptake. Our inversions of atmospheric carbon dioxide show that the Southern Ocean sink trend is dependent on network choice.