Measurements of the local energy balance over a coral reef flat, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 19, 2010, Pages

  McGowan, Hamish A ^a   Sturman, Andrew P ^b   MacKellar, Melissa C ^a   Wiebe, Andrew H ^a   Neil, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENERGY BALANCE; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT FLUX; HEATING; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALIA; CASE STUDY APPROACH; CLOUD COVER; CORAL REEF; EDDY COVARIANCE METHOD; GREAT BARRIER REEF; HEAT BUDGET; HEAT SOURCES; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; NET LOSS; NET RADIATION; SENSIBLE AND LATENT HEAT FLUXES; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE ENERGIES; SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; TURBULENT FLUX; WATER TEMPERATURES;

REEFS;

ADVECTION; CLOUD COVER; CORAL REEF; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT BUDGET; HEAT FLUX; HEAT SOURCE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MICROMETEOROLOGY; NET RADIATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE ENERGY; THERMODYNAMICS; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; HERON ISLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 77958563267     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014218     Document Type: Article

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