Iowa Environmental Mesonet

Iowa State University Department of Agronomy

Over 1 billion observations collected
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Plot Description:
This plot shows hourly observations of solar radiation (red), 4 inch soil temperature (green), and 2 meter air temperature (blue). This plot often illustrates the difference between the soil's thermal inertia and the air with the soil temperature lagging the air temperature by a few hours.