Automated calculation of surface energy fluxes with high-frequency lake buoy data

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  • R. Iestyn Woolway
    Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster
  • Ian D. Jones
    Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster
  • David P. Hamilton
    University of Waikato
  • Stephen C. Maberly
    Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster
  • Kohji Muraoka
    University of Waikato
  • Jordan S. Read
    U.S. Geological Survey
  • Robyn L. Smyth
    Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.
  • Luke A. Winslow
    U.S. Geological Survey
Lake Heat Flux Analyzer is a program used for calculating the surface energy fluxes in lakes according to established literature methodologies. The program was developed in MATLAB for the rapid analysis of high-frequency data from instrumented lake buoys in support of the emerging field of aquatic sensor network science. To calculate the surface energy fluxes, the program requires a number of input variables, such as air and water temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and short-wave radiation. Available outputs for Lake Heat Flux Analyzer include the surface fluxes of momentum, sensible heat and latent heat and their corresponding transfer coefficients, incoming and outgoing long-wave radiation. Lake Heat Flux Analyzer is open source and can be used to process data from multiple lakes rapidly. It provides a means of calculating the surface fluxes using a consistent method, thereby facilitating global comparisons of high-frequency data from lake buoys.

Keywords

  • Software, GLEON, Instrumented buoy, Heat flux, Sensor technology
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)191-198
JournalEnvironmental Modelling and Software
Volume70
Early online date22 May 2015
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Aug 2015
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