GEOG 5231/4231 - Fall 2001
Professor Konrad Steffen
CIRES Ekeley Building, S264
Tel o: 492 4524; h: 494 6276
e-mail koni@seaice.colorado.edu
Lab IV
Energy Flux Balance Analyses at Mammoth Gulch
Overall objectives:
Time series of turbulent, radiative,
and ground heat fluxes.
Assessment of flux difference for sensible
heat flux due to instruments.
Closure of energy flux balance.
Driving flux component during day versus
night.
Radiative flux components for point measurements.
Specifics:
Analyze time series of sensible, latent,
radiative, and ground heat fluxes (relative calibration coefficients should
be applied)
Compare sensible fluxes for thermocouple
temperature profile versus CS500 temperature profile.
Discuss diurnal flux variability.
Discuss variability of radiative fluxes
for point measurements (different surface types), including surface albedo,
short- and longwave radiative components.
General:
Compare energy flux balance at Mammoth
Gulch with flux values from Boulder at different seasons (see graphs below).
Lab report IV
is due on Dec. 6, 2002