Estimation of turbulent fluxes using the flux-variance method over an alpine meadow surface in the eastern Tibetan Plateau

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 411-424

  Wang, Shaoying ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a   Lü, Shihua ^a   Liu, Heping ^b   Shang, Lunyu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Washington State University   (United States)

Author keywords

eddy covariance method; flux variance method; homogeneous land surface; relative transfer efficiency; turbulent flux

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873628062     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-012-2056-1     Document Type: Article

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