Field evaluation of polymer capacitive humidity sensors for bowen ratio energy balance flux measurements

Sensors

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 7748-7771

  Savage, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Eddy covariance; Energy balance fluxes; Humidity measurement; Humidity resolution; Surface layer scintillometer

Indexed keywords

BOWEN RATIO ENERGY BALANCES; CAPACITIVE HUMIDITY SENSORS; DIFFERENCE MEASUREMENTS; EDDY COVARIANCE; HUMIDITY MEASUREMENTS; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURES; SURFACE-LAYER SCINTILLOMETER;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ENERGY BALANCE; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEAT FLUX; HUMIDITY SENSORS; HYGROMETERS; INSTRUMENT ERRORS; MEASUREMENTS; MIRRORS; MOISTURE METERS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SCINTILLATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER VAPOR;

CAPACITIVE SENSORS;

POLYMER; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVALUATION; HEAT; HUMIDITY; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER VAPOR;

ENERGY METABOLISM; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYMERS; PRESSURE; STEAM; TEMPERATURE; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER;

EID: 77957242163     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s100807748     Document Type: Article

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