Surface flux estimates derived from UAS-based mole fraction measurements by means of a nocturnal boundary layer budget approach

Kunz, Martin; Lavric, Jost V.; Gasche, Rainer; Gerbig, Christoph; Grant, Richard H.; Koch, Frank-Thomas; Schumacher, Marcus; Wolf, Benjamin; Zeeman, Matthias

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-1671-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-1671-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-1671-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 4

Research article

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06 Apr 2020

Research article |

| 06 Apr 2020

Surface flux estimates derived from UAS-based mole fraction measurements by means of a nocturnal boundary layer budget approach

Martin Kunz, Jost V. Lavric, Rainer Gasche, Christoph Gerbig, Richard H. Grant, Frank-Thomas Koch, Marcus Schumacher, Benjamin Wolf, and Matthias Zeeman

Data sets

Surface flux estimates derived from UAS-based mole fraction measurements by means of a nocturnal boundary layer budget approach - measurement data, model output and analysis scripts, REVISED VERSION E. Flatt, C. Gerbig, R. H. Grant, J. V. Lavric, F.-T. Koch, and M. Kunz https://doi.org/10.17617/3.3g

Surface flux estimates derived from UAS-based mole fraction measurements by means of a nocturnal boundary layer budget approach - measurement data, model output and analysis scripts, REVISED VERSION M. Kunz https://edmond.mpdl.mpg.de/imeji/collection/hft4E1LMlLduc_s5

Model code and software

Surface flux estimates derived from UAS-based mole fraction measurements by means of a nocturnal boundary layer budget approach - measurement data, model output and analysis scripts, REVISED VERSION E. Flatt, C. Gerbig, R. H. Grant, J. V. Lavric, F.-T. Koch, and M. Kunz https://doi.org/10.17617/3.3g

Short summary

The nocturnal boundary layer (NBL) budget method enables the quantification of gas fluxes between ecosystems and the atmosphere under nocturnal stable stratification, a condition under which standard approaches struggle. However, up to now the application of the NBL method has been limited by difficulties in obtaining the required measurements. We show how an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) equipped with a carbon dioxide analyser can make this method more accessible.