Determination of turbulent heat fluxes using a large aperture scintillometer over undulating mixed agricultural terrain

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 166-167, Issue , 2012, Pages 221-233

  Evans, J G ^a   McNeil, D D ^a   Finch, J W ^a   Murray, T ^b   Harding, R J ^a   Ward, H C ^a,c   Verhoef, A ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex terrain; Eddy covariance; Large aperture scintillometer; Latent heat flux; Sensible heat flux; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX TERRAIN; EDDY COVARIANCE; GRASS; HEAT FLOW; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MONIN-OBUKHOV THEORY; PHENOLOGY; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TURBULENT FLOW; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84869880898     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.07.010     Document Type: Article

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