Articles | Volume 12, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-4677-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-4677-2019
Research article
 | 
03 Sep 2019
Research article |  | 03 Sep 2019

Low-cost eddy covariance: a case study of evapotranspiration over agroforestry in Germany

Christian Markwitz and Lukas Siebicke

Download

Interactive discussion

Status: closed
Status: closed
AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment
Printer-friendly Version - Printer-friendly version Supplement - Supplement

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
AR by Christian Markwitz on behalf of the Authors (26 Jun 2019)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (13 Jul 2019) by Christian Brümmer
Download
Short summary
Turbulent fluxes are usually measured by the eddy covariance method using a combination of a costly gas analyser and a sonic anemometer. In this paper we present an eddy covariance set-up of low cost to measure evapotranspiration over agricultural fields. The method is shown to be comparable to a conventional eddy covariance set-up and is a viable alternative when spatial replicates are required.