Reflections on the surface energy imbalance problem

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 156, Issue , 2012, Pages 65-74

  Leuning, Ray ^a   van Gorsel, Eva ^a   Massman, William J ^b   Isaac, Peter R ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advective flux divergence; Eddy covariance flux measurements; Energy balance closure; Micrometeorology

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT FLUX; HUMIDITY; MICROMETEOROLOGY; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; SURFACE ENERGY; TIMESCALE;

EID: 84856058056     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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