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becomes unbounded making the Bowen ratio a poor choice of variable for use in formulae, especially for arid surfaces. For this reason the evaporative fraction is sometimes a more appropriate choice of variable representing the relative contributions of the turbulent energy fluxes to the surface
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is less than one, a greater proportion of the available energy at the surface is passed to the atmosphere as latent heat than as sensible heat, and the converse is true for values of
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whose theoretical work on evaporation to air from water bodies made first use of it, and it is used most commonly in
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The Bowen ratio is an indicator of the type of surface. The Bowen ratio,
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for a surface that has moisture. Heat transfer can either occur as
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The Bowen ratio is related to the evaporative fraction,
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heat transfer
sensible heat
evapotranspiration
latent heat
sensible heat
Harald Sverdrup
Ira Sprague Bowen
astrophysicist
meteorology
hydrology
"The ratio of heat losses by conduction and by evaporation from any water surface"
Physical Review
Bibcode
1926PhRv...27..779B
doi
10.1103/PhysRev.27.779
"The Story behind the Bowen Ratio"
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
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1995BAMS...76.2433L
doi
10.1175/1520-0477(1995)076<2433:TSBTBR>2.0.CO;2
ISBN
978-0195539233
National Science Digital Library - Bowen Ratio
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