Random and systematic CO2 flux sampling errors for tower measurements over forests in the convective boundary layer

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-83

  Vickers, Dean ^a   Thomas, Christoph ^a   Law, Beverly E ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eddy covariance; Random flux error; Systematic flux error

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; EDDY COVARIANCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PERTURBATION; SAMPLING;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 56649120510     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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