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The Aerodynamic Gradient Method: Implications of Non-Simultaneous Measurements at Alternating Heights
- Source :
- Atmosphere, Vol 11, Iss 1067, p 1067 (2020), Kamp, J N, Häni, C, Nyord, T, Feilberg, A & Sørensen, L L 2020, ' The Aerodynamic Gradient Method: Implications of Non-Simultaneous Measurements at Alternating Heights ', Atmosphere, vol. 11, no. 10, 1067 . https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11101067
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2020.
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Abstract
- Flux measurements with the aerodynamic gradient method (AGM) performed with a single analyzer measuring non-simultaneously at two heights have routinely been conducted. This study investigates the effect of this practice with calculations of single analyzer derived fluxes compared to fluxes derived from simultaneous concentration measurements at two heights for NH3. The results show a mean relative difference of less than 7% for the half-hour averaging intervals, whereas the relative difference in the cumulative loss of total ammoniacal nitrogen (TAN) is less than 4%. Scatter plots and linear regression show linear behavior with slope and intercept close to one and zero, respectively. The regression coefficients were between 0.913 and 0.966 for the simulations, but with large deviations for the single half-hour measurement interval. Changes in the starting height and averaging duration at each height for the single analyzer calculations yield small differences, but the effect is minimal compared to the general uncertainty of flux determination with AGM.
- Subjects :
- Atmospheric Science
Spectrum analyzer
Yield (engineering)
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
ammonia flux
Aerodynamics
010501 environmental sciences
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
lcsh:QC851-999
01 natural sciences
Computational physics
Cavity ring-down spectroscopy
cavity ring-down spectroscopy
Flux (metallurgy)
Ammonia
NH3
gradient flux
Linear regression
Large deviations theory
lcsh:Meteorology. Climatology
AGM
Gradient method
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Mathematics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20734433
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 1067
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Atmosphere
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4c21bcd77236032e66574591270af95d