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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dear Sasa,</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I think the first place to start asking
will be Dubai Metrological Office </span></font><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>(link
below)</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>. I have used some of the theoretical
models with very good results for the </span></font><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>UK</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> climate and similar work has been done by some researchers to
validate a model by Kenneth Labs in the climate </span></font><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Kuwait</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> which I guess is similar
to that of </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dubai</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>. In the absence of measured data, these models give accuracy of
about ±1K, when the input parameters are estimated accurately. Find below
3 references that may give you further info with regards the model and its
application in </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Kuwait</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>.</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><a
href="http://www.dubaiairport.com/dubaimet/Default.aspx">http://www.dubaiairport.com/dubaimet/Default.aspx</a></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1. Al-Ajmi, F.,
Hanby, V.I., Loveday, D.L, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Thermal
Performance of the Subsoil Environment in a </span></i></span></font><i><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:
italic'>Dry</span></font></i><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'> </span></font></i><i><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:
italic'>Desert</span></font></i><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'> Climate.</span></font></i><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> ASHRAE
Transaction, 2002. <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>108</span></b></span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>(2)</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>: p.
395-405.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>2. Al-Temeemi, A.A. and D.J. Harris, <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>The generation of subsurface temperature profiles for
</span></i></span></font><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Kuwait</span></font></i><i><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:
italic'>.</span></font></i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> Energy and Buildings, 2001. <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>33</span></b></span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>(8)</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>: p. 837.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>3. Labs, K., <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Earth
Coupling</span></i>, in <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Passive Cooling</span></i>,
J. Cook, Editor. 1989, The MIT Press: </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Cambridge</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Massachusetts</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>. p.
197-346.</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I hope this will help</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Abdullahi</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>Abdullahi Ahmed </span></font><font size=1
color=blue><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:blue'>(BSc. MSc.)</span></font><font
size=1 color=blue><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:blue'> Postgraduate
researcher</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>School of the Environment</span></font></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>University</span></font><font
size=2 color=blue><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'> of </span></font><font
size=2 color=blue><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>Brighton</span></font></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>Cockcroft</span></font><font
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size=2 color=blue><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>Building</span></font></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>Lewes Rd.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>Brighton</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>BN2 4GJ</span></font></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>Tel: +44 01273 643455</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original
Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Sasa Pantic<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> </span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>03
April 2008</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> </span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>09:00</span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Bldg-sim] Info about
soil temperature</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dear coleagues,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I would kindly ask for an
information please.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Does anyone know
where I could find measured soil temperatures at depths of 1,2,3
meters in </span></font>Dubai, UAE. I have found various theoretical
models from the literature and some on the web such as:</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://soilphysics.okstate.edu/toolkit/temperature/index0.html">http://soilphysics.okstate.edu/toolkit/temperature/index0.html</a></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Please advise!</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Kind regards, Sasa</span></font></p>
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