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Sources Of Heat In Synthetic Turf Systems, Adam William Thoms
Sources Of Heat In Synthetic Turf Systems, Adam William Thoms
Doctoral Dissertations
With options for cooling synthetic turf limited, an outdoor experiment was conducted at the University of Tennessee Center for Athletic Field Safety (Knoxville, TN) to develop a model to predict maximum, minimum, and mean synthetic turf surface temperature using forecasted atmospheric conditions. Synthetic turf surface temperature varied due to both air temperature and solar radiation. Predictive models using these data accounted for 86, 95, and 94% of the variation in daily maximum, minimum, and mean synthetic turf surface temperature. Accuracy of these models for predicting daily mean and minimum synthetic turf surface temperature using 48 and 72-hour forecasted air temperature …