Quantifying the spatial variability of surface fluxes using data from the 2002 International H2O Project

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 323-341

  Alfieri, Joseph G ^a   Niyogi, Dev ^a   Zhang, Hao ^a   Lemone, Margaret A ^b   Chen, Fei ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne observations; IHOP 2002; International H2O Project 2002; Spatial variability; Surface energy fluxes

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE OBSERVATIONS; AVAILABLE ENERGY; DATA POINTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS; EXCHANGE OF ENERGY; FAIR WEATHER; FLIGHT PATHS; GEOSTATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; HORIZONTAL VARIABILITY; INTERNATIONAL H2O PROJECTS; KEY CONTROL; LEAF AREA INDEX; MEDIAN VALUE; NET RADIATION; PRIMARY CONTROL; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOIL HEAT FLUX; SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; SURFACE ENERGY BUDGET; SURFACE ENERGY FLUXES; SURFACE FLUX; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TIME-AVERAGED; TURBULENT HEAT FLUXES; VARIOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERICS; GROUNDWATER; HEAT FLUX; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MOISTURE CONTROL; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE TENSION;

SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ENERGY BUDGET; ENERGY FLUX; GEOSTATISTICS; LATENT HEAT FLUX; LEAF AREA INDEX; MOISTURE CONTENT; NET RADIATION; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE ENERGY; SURFACE FLUX; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VARIOGRAM;

EID: 72549109303     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-009-9406-2     Document Type: Article

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