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Castellví et al. 2002
Castellví, F., Perez, P.J. and Ibañez, M. (2002). A method based on high-frequency temperature measurements to estimate the sensible heat flux avoiding the height dependence. Water Resources Research 38: doi: 10.1029/2001WR000486. issn: 0043-1397.

A new method to estimate the sensible heat flux H using high-frequency temperature data has been proposed. The new method proposes to scale the mean eddy vertical velocity responsible for the air parcels renewal using similarity formulae. It is shown that the empirical coefficient resulting from this scaling (apparently height dependant) is relatively constant with height when comparing estimated versus measured H over half hour periods. This work suggests that the coefficient is universal. This allows to us to propose a new method that provides useful advantages for field applications.

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Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Boundary layer processes, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Land/atmosphere interactions, Hydrology, Evapotranspiration
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Water Resources Research
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