Bowen ratio evaporation measurement in a remote montane grassland: Data integrity and fluxes

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 376, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 249-260

  Savage, M J ^a   Everson, C S ^b   Metelerkamp, B R ^a  

^a Agrometeorology Discipline School of Agricultural Earth and Environmental Sciences   (South Africa)

^b CSIR Natural Resources and the Environment   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bowen ratio; Data rejection; Grassland evaporation; K Method; Surface layer scintillometer; Temperature variance

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AVAILABLE ENERGY; BOWEN RATIO; BOWEN RATIO ENERGY BALANCES; DATA INTEGRITY; DATA REJECTION; DATA VERIFICATION; DEW POINTS; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENERGY FLUXES; EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURE; EXCHANGE COEFFICIENTS; FINE-WIRE THERMOCOUPLES; FLUX ESTIMATION; GRASSLAND CATCHMENT; GRASSLAND EVAPORATION; HIGH ALTITUDE; INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT; K METHOD; PSYCHROMETRIC CHARTS; REJECTION PROCEDURE; SENSIBLE HEAT; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARD DEVIATION; TIME INVARIANTS; VARIANCE METHOD; WATER VAPOUR PRESSURE; WET-BULB; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CATCHMENTS; ENERGY BALANCE; EVAPORATION; RUNOFF; SCINTILLATION; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; VAPOR PRESSURE; VAPORS; WATER VAPOR;

MEASUREMENTS;

ADIABATIC PROCESS; AIR TEMPERATURE; BOWEN RATIO; CATCHMENT; DATA PROCESSING; DEW POINT; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY BALANCE; EVAPORATION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GRASSLAND; LATENT HEAT FLUX; PRESSURE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER VAPOR;

AFRICA; DRAKENSBERG; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 69949168886     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.07.038     Document Type: Article

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