A review and evaluation of 39 thermal conductivity models for frozen soils

H He, GN Flerchinger, Y Kojima, M Dyck, J Lv - Geoderma, 2021 - Elsevier
Frozen soil thermal conductivity (λ eff) is a critical thermo-physical property that is required
for environmental, earth science, geotechnical and geo-environmental applications and …

[HTML][HTML] Room for improvement: A review and evaluation of 24 soil thermal conductivity parameterization schemes commonly used in land-surface, hydrological, and …

H He, D He, J **, KM Smits, M Dyck, Q Wu, B Si… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Effective thermal conductivity of soils (λ eff) is a critical parameter for agriculture,
environment science, and engineering. Functions to estimate λ eff from readily available soil …

Estimating the thermal conductivity of soils using six machine learning algorithms

KQ Li, Y Liu, Q Kang - International Communications in Heat and Mass …, 2022 - Elsevier
Many machine learning algorithms have been applied to determine soil properties in recent
years. However, the prediction performances of thermal conductivity of soils via machine …

Artificial neural network for predicting the thermal conductivity of soils based on a systematic database

KQ Li, Q Kang, JY Nie, XW Huang - Geothermics, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermal conductivity is a significant soil property that affects subsurface temperature
distribution and plays an essential role in geotechnical engineering. Accurate evaluation of …

Application of machine learning algorithms to model soil thermal diffusivity

K Li, R Horton, H He - International Communications in Heat and Mass …, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil thermal diffusivity (k) is an important thermal property that significantly affects ground
energy storage and heat transfer. Direct measurements of soil thermal diffusivity are …

Comparative analysis of seven machine learning algorithms and five empirical models to estimate soil thermal conductivity

T Zhao, S Liu, J Xu, H He, D Wang, R Horton… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil thermal conductivity (λ) is an important thermal property that is crucial for surface energy
balance and water balance studies. 1602 measured soil thermal conductivity values …

Machine learning facilitates connections between soil thermal conductivity, soil water content, and soil matric potential

X Wang, Y Gao, J Hou, J Yang, K Smits, H He - Journal of Hydrology, 2024 - Elsevier
Properly understanding the strongly coupled thermal and hydraulic properties of porous
media is crucial to interests in different fields, eg, agriculture, building physics and …

Modeling thermal conductivity of clays: A review and evaluation of 28 predictive models

L Liu, H He, M Dyck, J Lv - Engineering Geology, 2021 - Elsevier
Effective thermal conductivity of clay (λ eff) has essential applications in disciplines such as
environmental and earth science, agriculture and engineering. Much work has been done …

Research progress of soil thermal conductivity and its predictive models

R **uling, N Fujun, Y Qihao, Y Guoan - Cold Regions Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Thermal conductivity is one of the significant thermal parameters for estimating heat flux and
thermal regime of soil in cold regions. This paper summarizes the test methods of thermal …

Evaluation of soil thermal conductivity schemes incorporated into CLM5. 0 in permafrost regions on the Tibetan Plateau

S Yang, R Li, T Wu, X Wu, L Zhao, G Hu, X Zhu, Y Du… - Geoderma, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil thermal conductivity (STC) is essential parameter for revealing thermodynamic changes
and projecting changes in soil thermal regimes. However, the incorporation of different STC …