A multi-site analysis of random error in tower-based measurements of carbon and energy fluxes

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 1-18

  Richardson, Andrew D ^a,b   Hollinger, David Y ^b   Burba, George G ^c   Davis, Kenneth J ^d   Flanagan, Lawrence B ^e   Katul, Gabriel G ^f   William Munger, J ^g   Ricciuto, Daniel M ^h   Stoy, Paul C ^f   Suyker, Andrew E ^h   Verma, Shashi B ^h   Wofsy, Steven C ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c LI COR BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

AmeriFlux; Carbon; Data assimilation; Eddy covariance; Flux; Measurement error; Random error; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; DATA ASSIMILATION; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENERGY FLUX;

EID: 33645020735     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2006.01.007     Document Type: Article

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