A comparison of surface fluxes at the HAPEX-Sahel fallow bush sites
| Autor: | B. Monteny, John Moncrieff, A. J. Dolman, A.D. Culf, Bert G. Heusinkveld, Anne Verhoef, Jan Elbers, F.D. Cropley, P. Bessemoulin, C. R. Lloyd |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Goutorbe, J.P. (ed.), Dolman, A.J. (ed.), Gash, J.H.C. (ed.), Kerr, Y.H. (ed.), Lebel, Thierry (ed.), Prince, S.D. (ed.), Stricker, J.N.M. (ed.) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
| Předmět: |
Surface (mathematics)
Meteorologie en Luchtkwaliteit COUVERT VEGETAL Meteorology Meteorology and Air Quality Winand Staring Centre for Integrated Land Soil and Water Research Energy balance Eddy covariance Soil and Water Research planten Sensible heat Atmospheric sciences vegetatie Flux (metallurgy) vegetation Staring Centrum Latent heat ETUDE COMPARATIVE Life Science MESURE grenzen Water content boundaries FLUX THERMIQUE Water Science and Technology research SURFACE DU SOL plants VARIABILITE HUMIDITE DU SOL sahel onderzoek plant communities APPAREIL DE MESURE microklimaat Winand Staring Centre for Integrated Land BILAN ENERGETIQUE Environmental science ERREUR Spatial variability microclimate plantengemeenschappen |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Hydrology 188-189 (1997) 1-4 ResearcherID HAPEX-Sahel. Amsterdam: Elsevier HAPEX-Sahel Journal of Hydrology, 188-189(1-4), 400-425 |
| ISSN: | 0022-1694 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0022-1694(96)03184-8 |
| Popis: | The variability between surface flux measurements at the fallow sites of the three HAPEX-Sahel supersites is examined over periods of three or four consecutive days. A roving eddy correlation instrument provided a common base for comparison at each supersite. The inhomogeneity of the surface and the instrumental layout did not provide the conditions to allow the separation of the effects of instrument error from those due to the spatial variability of vegetation cover and soil moisture. Surface fluxes of sensible and latent heat and energy balance terms were intercompared at each supersite over summation timescales of 1 hour and 3 days. It is shown that, generally, HAPEX-Sahel hourly sensible heat flux and latent heat values have confidence limits of 15% and 20% respectively. The three-day period energy balance shows the combined sensible and latent heat fluxes to have a confidence limit of 3%. It is concluded that, due to the averaging effect of longer time periods and larger flux footprints on spatial inhomogeneity, confidence in the surface flux measurements increases with longer summation periods and with neutral atmospheric surface layers which characterise the rainy period of the Intensive Observation Period. |
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