Fig. 4. Comparison of the Johansen (1975) model, the Côté and Konrad (2005) model, and the new model in predicting the soil thermal conductivity (
) and water content (
) relationship on (a) the clay loam soil (Soil 9), (b) the silt loam soil (Soil 10), (c) the loam soil (Soil 11) and (d) the sand (Soil 12).