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Scalar fluxes measured through the eddy-correlation technique are prone to two types of errors caused by the sensor-induced flow distortion: those due to crosstalk from the horizontal flux, and those due to amplification or attenuation due to flow blocking. We show that the crosstalk error can be eliminated by designing the sensor array to be vertically symmetric about its horizontal midplane. In such an array, the flow-blocking effect causes the scalar flux to be overestimated, but this error can be made negligible by designing an array with minimal stagnation loss in streamwise speed at the flux-measurement point.
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Wyngaard, J.C. Flow-distortion effects on scalar flux measurements in the surface layer: Implications for sensor design. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 42, 19–26 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00119872
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