Two experiments on using a scintillometer to infer the surface fluxes of momentum and sensible heat

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1685-1701

  Andreas, Edgar L ^a  

^a NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Error analysis; In situ atmospheric observations; Instrumentation sensors; Land surface; Surface fluxes

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; ATMOSPHERIC OBSERVATIONS; INSTRUMENTATION/SENSORS; LAND SURFACE; SURFACE FLUX;

ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTS; SEA ICE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

SCINTILLATION;

EDDY COVARIANCE; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LAND SURFACE; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEA ICE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SENSOR; SURFACE FLUX; TURBULENCE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84868089903     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-11-0248.1     Document Type: Article

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