Direct near-surface measurements of sensible heat fluxes in the Arctic tundra applying eddy covariance and laser scintillometry-the Arctic Turbulence Experiment 2006 on Svalbard (ARCTEX-2006)

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 387-402

  Luers J ^a   Bareiss, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CARBON CYCLE; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENERGY FLUX; GLOBAL WARMING; LASER METHOD; MICROMETEOROLOGY; PERMAFROST; POLAR REGION; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TUNDRA; TURBULENCE;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 80052746952     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-011-0400-5     Document Type: Article

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