scholarly journals Intercomparison of Sensible Heat Flux from Large Aperture Scintillometer and Eddy Covariance Methods: Field Experiment over a Homogeneous Semi-arid Region

2009 ◽  
Vol 135 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawit A. Zeweldi ◽  
Mekonnen Gebremichael ◽  
Junming Wang ◽  
Theodore Sammis ◽  
Jan Kleissl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Field Experiment ◽  
Eddy Covariance ◽  
Arid Region ◽  
Sensible Heat Flux ◽  
Sensible Heat ◽  
Large Aperture ◽  
Large Aperture Scintillometer ◽  
Semi Arid Region ◽  
Semi Arid

Comparison of sensible heat flux measured by large aperture scintillometer and eddy covariance in a seasonally-inundated wetland

2018 ◽  
Vol 259 ◽  
pp. 345-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junbin Zhao ◽  
Paulo C. Olivas ◽  
Sujit Kunwor ◽  
Sparkle L. Malone ◽  
Christina L. Staudhammer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Eddy Covariance ◽  
Sensible Heat Flux ◽  
Sensible Heat ◽  
Large Aperture ◽  
Large Aperture Scintillometer

scholarly journals A comparison of eddy-covariance and large aperture scintillometer measurements with respect to the energy balance closure problem

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 1291-1306 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Liu ◽  
Z. W. Xu ◽  
W. Z. Wang ◽  
Z. Z. Jia ◽  
M. J. Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Energy Balance ◽  
Eddy Covariance ◽  
Energy Budget ◽  
Seasonal Variations ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Sensible Heat ◽  
Source Areas ◽  
Large Aperture ◽  
Large Aperture Scintillometer

Abstract. We analyzed the seasonal variations of energy balance components over three different surfaces: irrigated cropland (Yingke, YK), alpine meadow (A'rou, AR), and spruce forest (Guantan, GT). The energy balance components were measured using eddy covariance (EC) systems and a large aperture scintillometer (LAS) in the Heihe River Basin, China, in 2008 and 2009. We also determined the source areas of the EC and LAS measurements with a footprint model for each site and discussed the differences between the sensible heat fluxes measured with EC and LAS at AR. The results show that the main EC source areas were within a radius of 250 m at all of the sites. The main source area for the LAS (with a path length of 2390 m) stretched along a path line approximately 2000 m long and 700 m wide. The surface characteristics in the source areas changed with the season at each site, and there were characteristic seasonal variations in the energy balance components at all of the sites. The sensible heat flux was the main term of the energy budget during the dormant season. During the growing season, however, the latent heat flux dominated the energy budget, and an obvious "oasis effect" was observed at YK. The sensible heat fluxes measured by LAS at AR were larger than those measured by EC at the same site. This difference seems to be caused by the so-called energy imbalance phenomenon, the heterogeneity of the underlying surfaces, and the difference between the source areas of the LAS and EC measurements.

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