The energy balance closure problem: an overview.

By T. Foken. Ecological Applications, 2008

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Subfields: Atmospheric Science, Computational Mechanics, Global and Planetary Change

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Synthesis of global actual evapotranspiration from 1982 to 2019 (2020, methodology): “Although flux eddy covariance (EC) ET is commonly flawed, particularly concerning energy balance closure at some sites (Foken, 2008; Helgason and Pomeroy, 2012), relatively short periods, and sparse spatial coverage, it is the most direct method for measuring the exchange between the surface and the”
Documentation and Instruction Manual of the Eddy-Covariance Software Package TK3 (update) (2011, methodology): “…since the lack of energy balance closure is not attributed to turbulent transport at the location of the sonic, which would cause density fluctuations, but rather to very long wavelength flux contributions, spatially stationary circulations or advection (Foken 2008b; Foken et al. 2012b).”
Exchange Processes in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Over Mountainous Terrain (2018, background): “Measurements usually indicate an underclosure of the SEB, even over homogeneous and flat terrain [56,59].”
Climate control of terrestrial carbon exchange across biomes and continents (2010, background): “…errors caused by complex terrain (Aubinet et al 2005, Feigenwinter et al 2008) and complicated canopy structure (Yi 2008); (2) imbalance errors in the energy budget (Massman and Lee 2002, Foken 2008), and (3) the stochastic nature of turbulence (Hollinger and Richardson 2005, Moncrieff et al 1996).”
Relative Humidity Effect on the High-Frequency Attenuation of Water Vapor Flux Measured by a Closed-Path Eddy Covariance System (2009, positive): “Therefore, other factors, which were not considered here and are widely discussed in other studies (Cava et al. 2007; Foken 2008), can determine the lack of energy balance closure.”
Review on Estimation of Land Surface Radiation and Energy Budgets From Ground Measurement, Remote Sensing and Model Simulations (2010, background): “The common belief is that measuring errors or storage terms are the reason for the unclosed energy balance, however, Foken [129] argued that exchange processes on larger scales of the heterogeneous landscape have a significant influence and the problem is actually a scale problem.”
The Challenge of Forecasting the Onset and Development of Radiation Fog Using Mesoscale Atmospheric Models (2015, background): “These activities are part of the core activities of modern societies, most notably aircraft operations (landing and taxiing to and from the runway), shipping (Fu et al. 2006, 2010), and road traffic (Bartok et al. 2012).”
A novel approach for the estimation of soil ground heat flux (2012, positive): “Surface energy balance closure is a well-known problem in field measurements of surface energy budgets with important implications for meteorological, ecological, and maybe most of all hydrological applications (Foken, 2008; Foken et al., 2006).”