Cinder field subsurface temperature and relative humidity profiles at Sunset Crater National Monument, Arizona, March 09, 2021 to May 26, 2022: U.S. Geological Survey data release
The vadose zone (unsaturated zone) in a soil is of particular interest because it is broadly applicable to desert soils, which are seldom saturated and usually dry. In the absence of strong geothermal heating, the near-surface soil temperature profile is expected to exhibit maximum variation (for a given diurnal …