Surface renewal method for estimating sensible heat flux

Water SA

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-18

  Mengistu, M G ^a   Savage, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Latent energy flux; Sensible heat flux; Surface energy balance

Indexed keywords

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; ENERGY BALANCE; EVAPORATION; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOCOUPLES; WIND;

AIR TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; COMBINATION APPROACHES; ENERGY FLUXES; FINE-WIRE THERMOCOUPLES; MICROMETEOROLOGICAL METHODS; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; STABILITY CONDITION; SURFACE RENEWAL METHODS;

HEAT FLUX;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CANOPY EXCHANGE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY FLUX; EVAPORATION; IRRADIANCE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MICROMETEOROLOGY; SURFACE ENERGY; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 77954222227     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v36i1.50902     Document Type: Article

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