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A distributed heat pulse sensor network for thermo-hydraulic monitoring of the soil subsurface

View ORCID ProfileCorinna Abesser, View ORCID ProfileFrancesco Ciocca, John Findlay, View ORCID ProfileDavid Hannah, Philip Blaen, Athena Chalari, View ORCID ProfileMichael Mondanos and Stefan Krause
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 53, 352-365, 2 June 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/qjegh2018-147
Corinna Abesser
1British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, , UK
Roles: [Conceptualization (Lead)], [Data curation (Equal)], [Formal analysis (Equal)], [Funding acquisition (Equal)], [Investigation (Equal)], [Methodology (Equal)], [Project administration (Equal)], [Writing - Original Draft (Lead)], [Writing - Review & Editing (Lead)]
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2Silixa Ltd, Silixa House, 230 Centennial Park, Centennial Avenue, , UK
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4School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, , UK
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Abstract

Fibre optic distributed temperature sensing (DTS) is used increasingly for environmental monitoring and subsurface characterization. Combined with heating of metal elements embedded within the fibre optic cable, the temperature response of the soil provides valuable information from which soil parameters such as thermal conductivity and soil moisture can be derived at high spatial and temporal resolution, and over long distances.

We present a novel active distributed temperature sensing (A-DTS) system and its application to characterize spatial and temporal dynamics in soil thermal conductivity along a recently forested hillslope in Central England, UK. Compared with conventional techniques (needle probe surveys), A-DTS provided values with a similar spread although lower on average. The larger number of measurement points that A-DTS provides at higher spatial and temporal resolutions and the ability to repeat surveys under different meteorological or hydrological conditions allow for a more detailed examination of the spatial and temporal variability of thermal conductivities at the study site. Although system deployment time and costs are higher than with needle probes, A-DTS can be extremely appealing for applications requiring long-term monitoring, at high temporal repeatability, over long (kilometres) distances and with minimum soil disturbance, compared with one-off spatial surveys.

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A distributed heat pulse sensor network for thermo-hydraulic monitoring of the soil subsurface

Corinna Abesser, Francesco Ciocca, John Findlay, David Hannah, Philip Blaen, Athena Chalari, Michael Mondanos and Stefan Krause
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 53, 352-365, 2 June 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/qjegh2018-147
Corinna Abesser
1British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, , UK
Roles: [Conceptualization (Lead)], [Data curation (Equal)], [Formal analysis (Equal)], [Funding acquisition (Equal)], [Investigation (Equal)], [Methodology (Equal)], [Project administration (Equal)], [Writing - Original Draft (Lead)], [Writing - Review & Editing (Lead)]
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Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 53, 352-365, 2 June 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/qjegh2018-147
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