Scintillometer-based turbulent fluxes of sensible and latent heat over a heterogeneous land surface - A contribution to LITFASS-2003

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-110

  Meijninger, Wouter M L ^a   Beyrich, F ^b   Ludi A ^c   Kohsiek, W ^d   De Bruin, H A R ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Area averaged surface fluxes; Evaporation; Heterogeneous area; Large aperture scintillometer; LITFASS 2003; Millimetre wave scintillometer; Scintillometer

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; EVAPORATION; MEASUREMENTS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

AREA-AVERAGED SURFACE FLUXES; LARGE APERTURE SCINTILLOMETER; MILLIMETRE WAVE SCINTILLOMETER;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; EVAPORATION; MEASUREMENTS; METEOROLOGY; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

EDDY COVARIANCE; EVAPORATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SURFACE FLUX; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 33750415792     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-005-9022-8     Document Type: Article

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