Spatial representativeness and the location bias of flux footprints over inhomogeneous areas

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 195-209

  Schmid, Hans Peter ^a   Lloyd, Colin R ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Flux observations; Footprint; Inhomogenous areas; Representativeness

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; ENERGY FLUX; INHOMOGENEITY; TURBULENT FLOW;

NIGER;

EID: 0033548452     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(98)00119-1     Document Type: Article

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