Inferring nocturnal surface fluxes from vertical profiles of scalars in an Amazon pasture

Global Change Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 886-894

  Acevedo, Otávio ^a   Moraes, Osvaldo L ^b   Da Silva, Rodrigo ^a   Fitzjarrald, David R ^b   Sakai, Ricardo K ^b   Staebler, Ralf M ^b   Czikowsky, Matthew J ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon budget; CO2 accumulation; Energy budget; Nocturnal fluxes; Stable boundary layer

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; EDDY COVARIANCE; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; PASTURE; SURFACE FLUX; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 2642570257     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2003.00755.x     Document Type: Article

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