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Footprint issues in scintillometry over heterogeneous landscapes
1International Institute for Geo-information Sciences and Earth Observation, Department of Water Resources, Box 6, 7500 AA, Enschede, The Netherlands
2UMR 1114 INRA-UAPV Environnement Méditerranéens et Modélisation des AgroHydrosystèmes (EMMAH), Site Agroparc, Domaine St. Paul 84914 Avignon Cedex 9, France
Abstract. Scintillometry is widely recognized as a potential tool for obtaining spatially aggregated sensible heat fluxes. Although many investigations have been made over contrasting component surfaces, few aggregation schemes consider footprint contributions. In this paper an approach is presented to infer average sensible heat flux over a very heterogeneous landscape by using a large aperture scintillometer. The methodology is demonstrated on simulated data and tested on a time series of measurements obtained during the SPARC2004 experiment in Barrax, Spain. Results show that the two-dimensional footprint approach yields more accurate results of aggregated sensible heat flux than traditional methods.
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Citation: Timmermans, W. J., Su, Z., and Olioso, A.: Footprint issues in scintillometry over heterogeneous landscapes, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., 6, 2099-2127, doi:10.5194/hessd-6-2099-2009, 2009. Bibtex EndNote Reference Manager XML
