Eddy Covariance Methodology for Carbon, Water and Energy Exchanges
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Biosphere/Hydrosphere/Land–Atmosphere Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (5 May 2023) | Viewed by 6187
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Twenty-five years ago, a few pioneering groups started measuring fluxes of carbon dioxide, water, and sensible heat between forests and atmosphere with a promising methodology: eddy covariance. Since then, the interest in field applications has increased steadily, leading to the development of several flux measurement networks around the globe and widening the spectrum of the studied ecosystems. With more time series heading to, sometimes even exceeding, the 20 year time horizon, we are now on the verge of measuring the breath of many ecosystems at time scales comparable to those of climate forcing. On the other side of the time spectrum (i.e., seconds to months), the meteorological and ecosystem modelling developments increased the spatial and time resolution of their domain, demanding the refined characterization of land-surface processes where turbulent fluxes are crucial. For these reasons, this Special Issue aims to collect updated views on eddy covariance applications including, but not limited to:
- Exchanges from “hot spots” or underrepresented surfaces (e.g., Mediterranean, Tropics, urban or water surfaces);
- Long-term ecosystem productivity and hydrology;
- Integration with land-surface modelling or numerical weather prediction schemes.
Dr. Nicola Arriga
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- eddy covariance
- productivity
- hydrology
- land surface
- Numerical Weather Prediction
- ecosystems
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