The propagation of errors in long-term measurements of land-atmosphere fluxes of carbon and water

Global Change Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 231-240

  Moncrieff, J B ^a   Malhi, Y ^a   Leuning, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon balance; Eddy covariance; Errors; Long term measurements; Micrometeorology

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE FLUX; EDDY COVARIANCE; ERROR ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOUR FLUX;

EID: 0030497596     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.1996.tb00075.x     Document Type: Article

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