Open AccessEnergy balance at the land-surface interface
Author(s) -
Sangeeta Saxena,
J. S. Pillai,
B. S. Murthy,
K. G. Vernekar
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
mausam
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.243
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 0252-9416
DOI - 10.54302/mausam.v47i2.3700
Subject(s) - energy budget , energy balance , latent heat , environmental science , radiometer , sensible heat , energy flux , earth's energy budget , flux (metallurgy) , heat flux , meteorology , atmospheric sciences , heat transfer , radiation , physics , remote sensing , geology , materials science , mechanics , quantum mechanics , astronomy , metallurgy , thermodynamics
A small scale field experiment was conducted at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM). Pashan Pune and the energy budget at the land surface interface was studied for clear and cloudy days over bare soil. Using instrumented towers, a net radiometer and soil temperature probe all the components of the energy budget. i.e. the sensible heat flux, latent heat flux, soil heat flux and net radiation were measured directly and the energy balance was computed. It is observed that when considered over the whole day, the energy budget is fairly balanced. As a part of energy budget, the Bowen's ratio is also discussed.