Refinements of equations for the temperature-wind covariance in Massman and Lee (2002)

Hanshu Wang; Yaoming Ma; William J. Massman; John M. Frank

doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109479

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Refinements of equations for the temperature-wind covariance in Massman and Lee (2002)

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Authors:

Hanshu Wang, Yaoming Ma, William J. Massman, John M. Frank

Year:

2023

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109479

Source:

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 336: 109479.

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Abstract

We present refinements for equations describing the temperature-wind covariance (v′ T′a ) reported by Massman and Lee (2002); namely, Eqs. (B.24), (B.25), and (B.28) in its Appendix B. The purpose of these equations is to express the wind covariance of air temperature (Ta) in terms of sonic temperature (Ts), as a sonic anemometer directly measures the latter rather than the former. Results of the derivations are summarized in Tables 1 and 2, and these refinements have been quantified using data from the Glacier Lakes Ecosystem Experiments Site (GLEES).

Keywords

temperature-wind covariance, sonic temperature, error correction for equations, quantitative estimation

Citation

Wang, Hanshu; Ma, Yaoming; Massman, William J.; Frank, John M. 2023. Refinements of equations for the temperature-wind covariance in Massman and Lee (2002). Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 336: 109479.