Intercomparison of sensible and latent heat flux measurements from combined eddy covariance, energy balance, and Bowen ratio methods above a grassland prairie

Billesbach, D. P.; Arkebauer, T. J.; Sullivan, R. C.

doi:10.1038/s41598-024-67911-z

Intercomparison of sensible and latent heat flux measurements from combined eddy covariance, energy balance, and Bowen ratio methods above a grassland prairie

Journal Article · Thu Sep 19 00:00:00 EDT 2024 · Scientific Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-67911-z· OSTI ID:2564696

Billesbach, D. P. ^[1]; Arkebauer, T. J. ^[1]; Sullivan, R. C. ^[2]

University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States)
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

We present a comparison of four different methods of measuring sensible (H) and latent (LE) heat fluxes for a year over a mixed grass prairie ecosystem in the Nebraska SandHills [eddy covariance (EC), energy balance/Bowen ratio (EBBR), residual energy (RES), modified Bowen ratio (MBR) methods]. Additionally, we developed a set of quality control criteria for each method and present a simplification to the traditional EBBR setup. Using EC as reference, all methods yielded similar estimates of yearly H (regression slopes (m) ~ 2% from unity; H_EC > H_EBBR, H_RES, and H_MBR). For yearly LE, EBBR and RES yielded similar estimates with EC (m ~ 2% from unity; LE_EC < LE_EBBR and LE_RES), while a larger bias was found from MBR (m ~ 8% from unity; LE_EC > LE_MBR). At shorter time scales (~ hourly), moderate scatter was found about linear regression fits for H between EBBR and EC (R² = 0.81), with smaller scatter between RES and MBR, and EC (R² = 0.91). For LE, smaller scatter was also measured between EC, and EBBR and RES (R² = 0.89 and 0.87, respectively), with the larger scatter between EC and MBR (R² = 0.65). This suggests methods other than EC may be well suited to longer-term applications (≥ yearly), but have larger uncertainty on individual measurements.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 2564696

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Journal Name: Scientific Reports Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 14; ISSN 2045-2322

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