Variation of the β coefficient in the relaxed eddy accumulation method

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 211-225

  Milne, R ^a   Beverland, I J ^b   Hargreaves, K ^a   Moncrieff, J B ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eddy accumulation coefficients; Eddy accumulation methods; Gram Charlier distribution; Higher order moments; Statistics of turbulence

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; EDDY; HEAT FLUX; SAMPLING;

EID: 0033494303     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002061514948     Document Type: Article

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