An approximate analytical model for footprint estimation of scalar fluxes in thermally stratified atmospheric flows

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 765-772

  Hsieh, Cheng I ^a   Katul, Gabriel ^b   Chi, Tze Wen ^c  

^a Dept Hum Gen Sci Natl T   (Taiwan)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHAOYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

LAGRANGIAN STOCHASTIC DISPERSION MODEL; THERMALLY STRATIFIED ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS;

HYDROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; STRATIFICATION; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0034074495     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1708(99)00042-1     Document Type: Article

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