Applying the Eddy Covariance Method Under Difficult Conditions.

• Main Author: Aalstad, Kristoffer
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: Norwegian
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Eddy; Covariance; Atmospheric; Surface; Layer; Turbulence; Arctic; Stable; Boundary; Energy; Balance; Similarity; Theory; Ogive; Analysis; Svalbard; Ny-Ålesund; Norway; Bayelva; Ny Ålesund
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/45561; http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-49788

We assess how reliable the Eddy-Covariance (EC) method is in estimating surface fluxes under the difficult conditions that occur in the high Arctic. Emphasis is placed on stable stratification and the breakdown of EC assumptions that may occur in such a regime. To investigate these difficulties we d...