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Kolmogorov constants for CO2, wind velocity, air temperature, and humidity fluctuations over a crop surface

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The Kolmogorov constants for CO2, wind velocity, air temperature, and humidity fluctuations were evaluated from measurements made over soybean and grain sorghum fields and found to be 0.78 ± 0.11, 0.49 ± 0.08, 0.70 ± 0.15, and 0.99 ± 0.16, respectively. These results are consistent with recent observations reported in the literature.

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  1. Institute of Agricultural and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebr., USA

    Shashi B. Verma & Dean E. Anderson

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Published as Paper No. 7255, Journal Series, Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station. The work reported here was conducted under Regional Research Project 11-33 and Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station Project 27-003.

Associate Professor and Post Doctoral Research Associate, respectively, Center for Agricultural Meteorology and Climatology, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, U.S.A., 68583-0728.

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Verma, S.B., Anderson, D.E. Kolmogorov constants for CO2, wind velocity, air temperature, and humidity fluctuations over a crop surface. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 28, 161–167 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00119461

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