Automated calculation of surface energy fluxes with high-frequency lake buoy data
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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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 191-198 |
Journal | Environmental Modelling and Software |
Volume | 70 |
Early online date | 22 May 2015 |
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Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2015 |