Energy Balance Bowen Ratio Station (EBBR) Instrument Handbook

Technical Report · Tue Apr 24 00:00:00 EDT 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1020562· OSTI ID:1020562

Cook, DR

The energy balance Bowen ratio (EBBR) system produces 30-minute estimates of the vertical fluxes of sensible and latent heat at the local surface. Flux estimates are calculated from observations of net radiation, soil surface heat flux, and the vertical gradients of temperature and relative humidity (RH). Meteorological data collected by the EBBR are used to calculate bulk aerodynamic fluxes, which are used in the Bulk Aerodynamic Technique (BA) EBBR value-added product (VAP) to replace sunrise and sunset spikes in the flux data. A unique aspect of the system is the automatic exchange mechanism (AEM), which helps to reduce errors from instrument offset drift.

• Research Organization: DOE Office of Science Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE EM Office of Science and Technology (EM-50); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC05-7601830
• OSTI ID: 1020562
• Report Number(s): DOE/SC-ARM/TR-037; TRN: US201120%%379
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AERODYNAMICS
ENERGY BALANCE
HEAT FLUX
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MANUALS
SOILS
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