Empirical assessment of uncertainties of meteorological parameters and turbulent fluxes in the AmeriFlux network

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Schmidt, Andres ^a   Hanson, Chad ^a   Stephen Chan, W ^a   Law, Beverly E ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA ACQUISITION; EDDY COVARIANCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY FLUX; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLUX MEASUREMENT; LATENT HEAT FLUX; METEOROLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TURBULENT FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84871410636     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JG002100     Document Type: Article

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