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

Woolway, R. Iestyn; Jones, Ian D.; Hamilton, David P.; Maberly, Stephen C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3541-5903; Muraoka, Kohji; Read, Jordan S.; Smyth, Robyn L.; Winslow, Luke A.. 2015 Automated calculation of surface energy fluxes with high-frequency lake buoy data. Environmental Modelling & Software, 70. 191-198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.04.013

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.04.013

Abstract/Summary

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.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.04.013
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Parr
ISSN:	1364-8152
Additional Keywords:	software, GLEON, instrumented buoy, heat flux, sensor technology
NORA Subject Terms:	Earth Sciences Ecology and Environment Hydrology Meteorology and Climatology Atmospheric Sciences
Date made live:	28 May 2015 10:52 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/510872

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.04.013

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Parr

ISSN:

1364-8152

Additional Keywords:

software, GLEON, instrumented buoy, heat flux, sensor technology

NORA Subject Terms:

Earth Sciences
Ecology and Environment
Hydrology
Meteorology and Climatology
Atmospheric Sciences