Estimation of evaporation and sensible heat flux from open water using a large-aperture scintillometer

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  McJannet, D L ^a   Cook, F J ^a   McGloin, R P ^b   McGowan, H A ^b   Burn, S ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALTERNATIVE METHODS; BOWEN RATIO; CALCULATION METHODS; CONVECTIVE FLUX; EDDY COVARIANCE MEASUREMENTS; EDDY COVARIANCE SYSTEMS; FLUX RATES; LAND SURFACE; LARGE APERTURE; OPEN WATER; SENSIBLE AND LATENT HEAT FLUXES; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SPATIAL SCALE; STRUCTURE PARAMETER OF THE REFRACTIVE INDEX; WATER TEMPERATURES; WATERBODIES; WEATHER CONDITIONS; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ESTIMATION; HEAT STORAGE; LATENT HEAT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCINTILLATION; WATER CONTENT;

HEAT FLUX;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BOWEN RATIO; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; EDDY COVARIANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPORATION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; HUMIDITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LAND SURFACE; LINEARITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPEN WATER; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATION; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER TEMPERATURE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 79958025520     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR010155     Document Type: Article

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