Advances in Earth Science ›› 2010, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (11): 1228-1236. doi: 10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2010.11.1228

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Intercomparison of Sensible Heat Fluxes Measured by Large Aperture Scintillometer and Eddy Covariance System in the Hinterland of the Taklimakan Desert 

Ali Mamtimin, He Qing, Huo Wen, Liu Xinchun   

  1. 1.Institute of Desert Meteorology,CMA,Urumqi 830002,China;
    2.The Taklimakan Desert Atmospheric and Environment Observation Station,Tazhong 841000,China
  • Received:2010-03-16 Revised:2010-08-22 Online:2010-11-10 Published:2010-11-10

Ali Mamtimin, He Qing, Huo Wen, Liu Xinchun. Intercomparison of Sensible Heat Fluxes Measured by Large Aperture Scintillometer and Eddy Covariance System in the Hinterland of the Taklimakan Desert [J]. Advances in Earth Science, 2010, 25(11): 1228-1236.

 The sensible heat fluxes measured by Large Aperture Scintillometer(LAS) and Eddy Covariance system(EC) were compared. The data were collected at the Taklimakan desert atmospheric and environment OBSERVATION station located in the middle Taklimakan desert during the period of from June 20 to July 3,2009, which was supported by the Taklimakan deset Land-Atmospheric Interactive Experiment (TLAIE) project.  The results show  a similar variance trends and good agreement between sensible heat fluxes by LAS(HLAS) and EC(HEC), but  HLAS tends to be slightly higher than HEC. The probability distribution function of  HLASand HEC can be as high as 79% if the permitted difference  is in the range of -50~50 W/m2. Therefore, we  have reached the conclusion  that the large aperture scintillometer is a reliable system for measuring sensible heat flux of large quicksand area as the Taklimakan desert.

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