Comparisons of sensible and latent heat fluxes using surface and aircraft data over adjacent wet and dry surfaces
- Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Air Resources Lab. Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Div.
In June 1991, a field study of surface fluxes of latent and sensible heat over heterogeneous surfaces was carried out near Boardman, Oregon (Doran et al., 1992). The object of the study was to develop improved methods of extrapolating from local measurements of fluxes to area-averaged values suitable for use in general circulation models (GCMs) applied to climate studies. A grid element in a GCM is likely to encompass regions whose fluxes vary significantly from one surface type to another. The problem of integrating these fluxes into a single, representative value for the whole element is not simple, and describing such a flux in terms of flux-gradient relationships, as is often done, presents additional difficulties.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 10119460
- Report Number(s):
- PNL-SA-20033; CONF-920134-6; ON: DE92006723
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 72. American Meteorological Society conference,Atlanta, GA (United States),5-10 Jan 1992; Other Information: PBD: Jan 1992
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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