The effect of misleading surface temperature estimations on the sensible heat fluxes at a high Arctic site-The arctic turbulence experiment 2006 on Svalbard (ARCTEX-2006)

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 157-168

  Luers J ^a   Bareiss, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CARBON CYCLE; HYDRODYNAMICS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; PARAMETERIZATION; PERMAFROST; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SPRING (SEASON); SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TURBULENCE; WARMING; WINTER;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 74249083466     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-157-2010     Document Type: Article

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