A Single Compartment Relaxed Eddy Accumulation Method

Banerjee, T.; Katul, G. G.; Zahn, E.; Dias, N. L.; Bou‐Zeid, E.

doi:10.1029/2024JD040811

Title: A Single Compartment Relaxed Eddy Accumulation Method

Journal Article · 08 October 2024 · Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JD040811 · OSTI ID:2460560

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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of California Irvine CA USA
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Duke University Durham NC USA
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Princeton University Princeton NJ USA
Departamento de Engenharia Ambiental Universidade Federal do Paraná Paraná Brazil

Abstract The relaxed eddy accumulation (REA) method is a widely‐known technique that measures turbulent fluxes of scalar quantities. The REA technique has been used to measure turbulent fluxes of various compounds, such as methane, ethene, propene, butene, isoprene, nitrous oxides, ozone, and others. The REA method requires the accumulation of scalar concentrations in two separate compartments that conditionally sample updrafts and downdraft events. It is demonstrated here that the assumptions behind the conventional or two‐compartment REA approach allow for one‐compartment sampling, therefore called a one compartment or 1‐C‐REA approach, thereby expanding its operational utility. The one‐compartment sampling method is tested across various land cover types and atmospheric stability conditions, and it is found that the one‐compartment REA can provide results comparable to those determined from conventional two‐compartment REA. This finding enables rapid expansion and practical utility of REA in studies of surface‐atmosphere exchanges, interactions, and feedbacks.

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

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OSTI ID:: 2460560

Journal Information:: Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, Journal Name: Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres Journal Issue: 19 Vol. 129; ISSN 2169-897X

Publisher:: American Geophysical Union (AGU)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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