Diurnal Variation of Soil Heat Flux at an Antarctic Local Area during Warmer Months

Figure 7

Hysteresis loop relations between observed (obs, black colour) and modelled (mod, grey colour) soil heat flux () and net radiation () in the EACF: (a) December 2013, (b) January 2014, (c) February 2014, and (d) March 2014. The numbers represent the local time (hour). I, II, and III indicate the period of the day: transitional, daytime, and night-time periods, respectively.

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