Field testing two flux footprint models

<p>A field study was undertaken to investigate the accuracy of two micrometeorological flux footprint models for calculating the gas emission rate from a synthetic 10 <span class="inline-formula">×</span> 10 m surface area source, based on the vertical flux of gas measure...

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Auteurs principaux: T. W. Coates, M. Alam, T. K. Flesch, G. Hernandez-Ramirez
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Langue:EN
Publié: Copernicus Publications 2021
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/a9fc8dd679bc4cde9648e94518eb0c3c
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Résumé:<p>A field study was undertaken to investigate the accuracy of two micrometeorological flux footprint models for calculating the gas emission rate from a synthetic 10 <span class="inline-formula">×</span> 10 m surface area source, based on the vertical flux of gas measured at fetches of 15 to 50 m downwind of the source. Calculations were made with an easy-to-use tool based on the Kormann–Meixner analytical model and with a more sophisticated Lagrangian stochastic dispersion model. A total of 59 testable 10 min observation periods were measured over 9 d. On average, both models underestimated the actual release rate by approximately 30 %, mostly due to large underestimates at the larger fetches. The accuracy of the model calculations had large period-to-period variability, and no statistical differences were observed between the two models in terms of overall accuracy.</p>