Surface and mixed-layer variance methods to estimate regional sensible heat flux at the surface

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 117-145

  Sugita, Michiaki ^a   Kawakubo, Noriaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mixed layer; Surface layer; Surfaces fluxes; Variance methods

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CORRELATION METHODS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; SURFACE PHENOMENA; WIND EFFECTS;

SURFACE FLUXES;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; MIXED LAYER; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE LAYER; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0037268963     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020866908049     Document Type: Article

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