Air-surface exchange measurement in heterogeneous regions: Extending tower observations with spatial structure observed from small aircraft

Global Change Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 275-285

  Crawford, Timothy L ^a   Dobosy, Ronald J ^c   McMillen, Robert T ^a   Vogel, Christoph A ^c   Hicks, Bruce B ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NOAA Air Resources Laboratory Silver Spring   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Air surface exchange; Aircraft; Atmosphere; Flux; Inhomogeneous; Measurement

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT OBSERVATION; ATMOSPHERE/ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; CARBON BUDGET;

EID: 0030482943     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.1996.tb00079.x     Document Type: Article

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