Improving computation of sensible heat flux over a water surface using the variational method

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 678-686

  Cao, Zuohao ^a   Ma, Jianmin ^a   Rouse, Wayne R ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDDY COVARIANCE; MOISTURE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WIND;

CANADA; GREAT SLAVE LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 33748941589     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM513.1     Document Type: Article

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