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Turbulent flux measurement in the urban boundary layer using scintillometers

Kanda, M., R. Moriwaki, J. Suzuki, M. Roth and T.R. Oke, 2000: “Turbulent flux measurement in the urban boundary layer using scintillometers”, TENKI, 47, 453-462.

Area-averaged sensible heat flux and a new method to determine zero-plane displacement length over an urban surface using scintillometry

Abstract Field observations of area-averagedturbulence characteristics were conducted in a densely built-up residential neighbourhood in Tokyo, Japan. In addition to eddy-correlation (EC) sensors a scintillometer was used for the first time in a city. Significant results include: (1) Scintillometer-derived sensible heat fluxes, QH, obtained at a height 3.5 times the building height agree well with those using the EC technique; (2) source areas for the scintillometer fluxes are larger ...

An evapotranspiration-interception model for urban areas

Grimmond, C. S. B. and T. R. Oke, 1991: "An evapotranspiration-interception model for urban areas," Water Resources Research, 27, 1739-1755.

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