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Articles | Volume 15, issue 17
Articles | Volume 15, issue 17
Biogeosciences, 15, 5473–5487, 2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-5473-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Biogeosciences, 15, 5473–5487, 2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-5473-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 15, issue 17
Research article
14 Sep 2018
Research article | 14 Sep 2018

Eddy covariance flux errors due to random and systematic timing errors during data acquisition

Gerardo Fratini et al.

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Using a simulation study and field data, we quantify the biases that can be introduced in fluxes measured by eddy covariance (EC) if the raw high-frequency data are affected by random and systematic timing misalignments. Our study was motivated by the increasingly widespread adoption of fully digital EC systems potentially subject to such timing errors. We found biases as large as 10 %. We further propose a test to evaluate EC data logging systems for their time synchronization capabilities.
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