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Title: A dual-temperature-difference approach to estimate daytime sensible and latent heat fluxes under advective conditions during BEAREX08

Author
item Colaizzi, Paul
item Kustas, William - Bill
item Evett, Steven - Steve
item Howell, Terry

Submitted to: ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 8/3/2009
Publication Date: 11/1/2009
Citation: Colaizzi, P.D., Kustas, W.P., Evett, S.R., Howell, T.A. 2009. A dual-temperature-difference approach to estimate daytime sensible and latent heat fluxes under advective conditions during BEAREX08 [abstract]. American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America 2009 Annual Meeting Abstracts, November 1-5, 2009, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 2009 CDROM.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: The Dual-Temperature-Difference (DTD) approach uses continuous radiometric surface temperature measurements in a two-source (soil + vegetation) energy balance model to solve for the daytime evolution of the sensible and latent heat fluxes. By using the surface-air temperature difference at two times during the day, the errors associated with accurate absolute surface-air temperature differences when the two-source model is applied for a single time-of-day are reduced. The DTD approach is useful in areas with significant local variations in air temperatures such as in advective environments with irrigated and non-irrigated fields. The DTD approach is evaluated at several sites ranging from irrigated and dryland cotton crops to a grassland/rangeland site.