Effects of Coordinate Rotation on Eddy Correlation Measurements over A Complex Terrain

Journal of Agricultural Meteorology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 247-252

  Monji, Nobutaka ^a   Hamotani, Ken ^a   Ando, Junji ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complex terrain; Coordinate rotation; Eddy correlation; Similarity law

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051919839     PISSN: 00218588     EISSN: 18810136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2480/agrmet.55.247     Document Type: Article

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