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

Table 1

Summary of daily energy fluxes ( and ), partitioned into daytime, night-time, and daily fluxes.

Month	Average daylight time (h)	Daytime energy flux			Night-time energy flux			Daily total energy flux
							G/			/
		(MJ m^−2 d^−1)		(%)	(MJ m^−2 d^−1)		(%)	(MJ m^−2 d^−1)		(%)
December 2013	19.1	−8.72	−0.66	7.6	0.54	0.31	57.4	−8.18	−0.35	4.3
January 2014	18.1	−8.39	−0.40	4.8	0.72	0.36	50.0	−7.67	−0.04	0.5
February 2014	15.4	−4.09	−0.17	4.2	0.54	0.20	37.0	−3.55	0.04	−1.1
March 2014	12.5	−2.19	−0.03	1.4	0.88	0.26	29.5	−1.31	0.23	−17.6