All sonic anemometers need to correct for transducer and structural shadowing in their velocity measurements

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 149-167

  Frank, John M ^a,b   Massman, William J ^a   Swiatek, Edward ^c   Zimmerman, Herb A ^d   Ewers, Brent E ^b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c CAMPBELL SCIENTIFIC INC   (United States)

^d Applied Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HEAT FLUX; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; PROBES; STATISTICAL TESTS; TRANSDUCERS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM CARBONS; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SHADOW CORRECTION; SONIC ANEMOMETER; STANDARD DEVIATION; THREE DIMENSIONS; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

ANEMOMETERS;

ANEMOMETER; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; EDDY COVARIANCE; SURFACE ENERGY; TRANSDUCER; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84958150965     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-15-0171.1     Document Type: Article

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