INFLUENCE OF METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS ON THE THERMAL INSULATION PROPERTIES OF MOSS COVER ACCORDING TO MEASUREMENTS on svalbard
N.I. Osokin, A.V. Sosnovsky
Institute of Geography, RAS, Moscow, Russia
Keywords: meteorological conditions, moss cover, ground temperature, Svalbard
Abstract
On the basis of experimental studies, an assessment of the influence of air temperature and weather type on the heat-shielding properties of the moss cover has been given. It has been revealed that in sunny weather with light cloudiness, the highest temperature of the soil surface under 1 cm thick moss is almost by 13 °С higher than under 5 cm thick moss, while in cloudy weather that difference is 3 °С. The measurements has demonstrated that for the period of 06.07 to 08.08.2016, the average temperature of the 70 cm thick soil layer under the 5 cm thick moss cover was by 1.5 °C lower than that under the 1 cm thick one.
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