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SEBS
Surface Energy Balance System
Baseline Instrument
The surface energy balance system (SEBS) consists of upwelling and downwelling solar and infrared radiometers within one net radiometer, a wetness sensor, and soil measurements of temperature, moisture, and soil heat flow.
The SEBS measurements allow the comparison of ECOR sensible and latent heat fluxes with the available energy (surface energy balance) as determined from the SEBS, and provide information on wetting of the sensors for data-quality purposes.
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Ryan SullivanLead Mentor Argonne National Laboratory
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References
View all references- Cook et al. Surface Energy Balance System (SEBS) Instrument Handbook. 2025. 10.2172/1004944.
- Sullivan et al. "Improved Spatiotemporal Representativeness and Bias Reduction of Satellite-Based Evapotranspiration Retrievals via Use of In Situ Meteorology and Constrained Canopy Surface Resistance". 2019. 10.1029/2018JG004744.
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