Correlation-based flux partitioning of water vapor and carbon dioxide fluxes: Method simplification and estimation of canopy water use efficiency

• Published in: Agricultural and forest meteorology Vol. 279; no. C; p. 107732
• Main Authors: Scanlon, Todd M., Schmidt, Daniel F., Skaggs, Todd H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.12.2019; Elsevier
• Subjects: canopy; carbon dioxide; deciduous forests; Eddy covariance; evaporation; Flux partitioning; growing season; photosynthesis; soil; time series analysis; transpiration; Water use efficiency; water vapor; Flux partitioning; Eddy covariance; Water use efficiency

•Simplified equations are developed to partition water vapor and CO2 fluxes.•Scalar statistics from high frequency time series are used as input.•An optimization-based approach is used to quantify vegetation water use efficiency.•The technique is demonstrated on eddy covariance data collected over a...