Dear coleagues,
I would kindly ask for an information please.
Does anyone know where I could find measured soil temperatures at depths of 1,2,3 meters in Dubai, UAE. I have found various theoretical models from the literature and some on the web such as:
http://soilphysics.okstate.edu/toolkit/temperature/index0.html
Please advise!
Kind regards, Sasa
Dear Sasa,
I think the first place to start asking will be Dubai Metrological Office (link below). I have used some of the theoretical models with very good results for the UK climate and similar work has been done by some researchers to validate a model by Kenneth Labs in the climate Kuwait which I guess is similar to that of Dubai. In the absence of measured data, these models give accuracy of about ?1K, when the input parameters are estimated accurately. Find below 3 references that may give you further info with regards the model and its application in Kuwait.
http://www.dubaiairport.com/dubaimet/Default.aspx
1. Al-Ajmi, F., Hanby, V.I., Loveday, D.L, Thermal Performance of the Subsoil Environment in a Dry Desert Climate. ASHRAE Transaction, 2002. 108(2): p. 395-405.
2. Al-Temeemi, A.A. and D.J. Harris, The generation of subsurface temperature profiles for Kuwait. Energy and Buildings, 2001. 33(8): p. 837.
3. Labs, K., Earth Coupling, in Passive Cooling, J. Cook, Editor. 1989, The MIT Press: Cambridge Massachusetts. p. 197-346.
I hope this will help
Abdullahi Ahmed
Did you take a look at the .epw weather data available on the Doe site?
Open the "stat" file for the location and it had undisturbed ground
temperature and three depth levels.
Minu Agarwal