Research Article
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 |
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