Variance methods to estimate regional heat fluxes with aircraft measurements in the convective boundary layer

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 333, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 68-85

  Kotani, Ayumi ^a   Sugita, Michiaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Convective boundary layer; Mongolia; RAISE; Regional surface fluxes; Variance methods

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; PHOTOGRAMMETRY;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; RAISE; REGIONAL SURFACE FLUXES; VARIANCE METHODS;

VEGETATION;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; VEGETATION;

ADVECTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRBORNE SURVEY; BAROCLINIC MOTION; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; FLUX MEASUREMENT; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; STEPPE; SURFACE FLUX; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

EID: 33846108033     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.07.029     Document Type: Article

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