REPORT ON ELECTRICAL GROUND TEMPERATURE MEASURING EQUIPMENT.

The report briefly describes the various types of electrical ground temperature measuring equipment, which have been employed in the Permafrost Investigation from inception of the program in 1945 to the present time, and discusses the characteristics and uses of each type. Special emphasis and great...

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Other Authors: ARCTIC CONSTRUCTION AND FROST EFFECTS LAB BOSTON MASS
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1952
Subjects:
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
Test Facilities
Equipment and Methods
(*THERMOMETERS
*SOILS)
PERMAFROST
TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE ELEMENTS
Ice
permafrost
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0712422
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0712422
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Summary:The report briefly describes the various types of electrical ground temperature measuring equipment, which have been employed in the Permafrost Investigation from inception of the program in 1945 to the present time, and discusses the characteristics and uses of each type. Special emphasis and greater detail included for those types which are considered best adapted for use by Highway Departments in the northern tier of states for research purposes in connection with road restrictions during the spring breakup. Photographs, diagrams, and specifications are presented to illustrate and describe various details of the equipment discussed. (Author) Prepared in cooperation with Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minn. St. Paul District.

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