Sensible heat flux by surface layer scintillometry and eddy covariance over a mixed grassland community as affected by Bowen ratio and MOST formulations for unstable conditions

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 479-492

  Odhiambo, G O ^a   Savage, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOWEN RATIO; EDDY COVARIANCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRASSLAND; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MICROMETEOROLOGY; MONIN-OBUKHOV THEORY; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 67649625512     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JHM1008.1     Document Type: Article

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