Abstract
The definition of the sensible heat flux is examined in the light of a paper published by Brook (1978). We show that the convergence of the flux defined in this paper and that of the standard definition are related to different quantities and that care must be taken to ensure that compatible definitions are used.
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Nicholls, S., Smith, F.B. On the definition of the flux of sensible heat. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 24, 121–127 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00121804
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