Turbulent exchange of heat, water vapor, and momentum over a Tibetan prairie by eddy covariance and flux variance measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 21, 2004, Pages

  Choi, Taejin ^a   Hong, Jinkyu ^a   Kim, Joon ^a   Lee, Heechoon ^a   Asanuma, Jun ^b   Ishikawa, Hirohiko ^c   Tsukamoto, Osamu ^d   Zhiqui, Gao ^e   Ma, Yaoming ^f   Ueno, Kenichi ^f   Wang, Jiemin ^g   Koike, Toshio ^h   Yasunari, Tetsuo ⁱ  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Chinese Academy of Meteorological Science   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

^g Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

ⁱ NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eddy covariance; Flux variance; Monin Obukhov theory; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; BOWEN RATIO; EDDY COVARIANCE; FLUX MEASUREMENT; LATENT HEAT FLUX; PRAIRIE; WATER VAPOR;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; WORLD;

EID: 19944433382     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004767     Document Type: Article

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