土壤温度起一个重要作用在物理,生物,并且 microbiological 处理发生在土壤,但是它是很少作为气候的指示物报导了变化。一个长期的土壤温度数据库,在从 1982-2000 的摩哈维族荒芜的区域镇定,被用来检验在地区性的气候之间的关系变化和土壤温度。在这个 19 年的学习时期期间,在摩哈维族荒芜的区域有一个温暖的趋势。在这个区域的土壤温度,测量了在 50 厘米深,以 0.79 的平均的率增加了
Soil temperature plays an important role in physical, biological, and microbiological processes occur- ring in the soil, but it is rarely reported as an indicator of climate change. A long-term soil temperature database, collected in the Mojave Desert region from 1982-2000, was used to examine the relationship between regional climate change and soil temperature. During this 19-year study period, there was a warming trend in the Mojave Desert region. The soil temperature in this region, measured at 50-cm deep, increased at an average rate of 0.79℃ per decade. The temporal changes of soil temperature and those of air temperature were highly correlated. Elevation was the dominating factor that affected the spatiotemporal variations of soil and air temperature.