Experimental evaluation of analytical and lagrangian surface-layer flux footprint models

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 283-308

  Finn, D ^a   Lamb, B ^a   Leclerc, M Y ^b   Horst, T W ^c  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; FORECASTING; MODELS;

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; EDDY CORRELATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; LAGRANGIAN STOCHASTIC MODELING; RELEASE EXPERIMENTS; STATIONARY CONDITIONS; UNSTABLE CONDITIONS; FLUX FOOTPRINT; LAGRANGIAN; LAGRANGIAN STOCHASTIC MODELS; LINE SOURCES; NEAR-SURFACE; THREE MODELS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA;

ANALYTICAL MODEL; BOUNDARY LAYER; FOOTPRINT MODEL; LAGRANGIAN MODEL; SURFACE FLUX; SURFACE LAYER;

EID: 0030404291     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00119546     Document Type: Article

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