A Synthesis of Measuring and Modeling Frost Depths

Following is a synthesis of various reports regarding equipment and methods used to determine frost zones within the soil. Some of the equipment described is used to determine soil strength characteristics, thereby enabling us to determine frozen soil layers. By utilizing temperature and conductivity probes, zones of frozen soil may be directly determined. However, certain chemicals and minerals within the soil may vary these parameters. Heat transfer modeling is a third method of determining frozen zones utilizing local temperature and weather data.