Uncertainty estimates for 1-h averaged turbulence fluxes of carbon dioxide, latent heat and sensible heat

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-99

  Vickers, Dean ^a   Göckede, Mathias ^a   Law, Beverly E ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARBON DIOXIDE; EDDY COVARIANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HETEROGENEITY; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MAIZE; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; PREDICTION; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TERRAIN; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIMESCALE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENT FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77954356920     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2009.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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