Adnan Akyüz, assistant professor of climatology and state climatologist, published a paper, titled “NWS Frost Depth Observation with Liquid-In Probes Performance: Two-Year Review,” in the Journal of Service Climatology.

Akyüz worked with Mark Ewens, data acquisition program manager at the Grand Forks National Weather Service office; and Barbara Mullins and Radu Carcoana of the North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network Center.

The paper compares the soil temperature data taken by the liquid-in-soil temperature probe and the soil temperature profiler of the North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network Center station in Fargo.

Akyüz was asked to evaluate the performance of the probe, a new technology developed by the National Weather Service. The results will guide the decisions of the National Weather Service to utilize the technology nationwide.

The article is available at www.journalofserviceclimatology.org/articles/2008/Akyuz.B.08-revised.pdf.