Publications [#282936] of John D. Albertson

Papers Published

1. Albertson, JD; Parlange, MB; Katul, GG; Chu, C-R; Stricker, H; Tyler, S, Sensible heat flux from arid regions: a simple flux-variance method, Water Resources Research, vol. 31 no. 4 (1995), pp. 969-973, ISSN 0043-1397
   (last updated on 2023/08/08)

   Abstract:
   Some field measurements of the second moment of temperature have indicated that free convection scaling of this statistic may be extended into more dynamic regimes, namely, the "dynamic-convective' and, perhaps, the "dynamic' regions of the ABL. An advantage of this approach is that the sensible heat flux can be estimated without shear stress measurements. This temperature variance similarity model is applied for a wide range of unstably stratified flows over the dry Owens Lake, in southeastern California. The simple free convection model of the temperature variance is accurate for sensible heat flux estimation across the full range of unstable atmospheric stability conditions. -Authors