Estimation of the turbulent fluxes in the surface layer using the inertial dissipative method: A Monte Carlo error analysis

Inertial dissipation methods are based on measurements of the structure parameters of momentum, temperature and humidity. The most serious problems arise when experimental errors and uncertainties in the meteorological constants produce uncertainties in the calculated fluxes.In order to design an experimental layout to use an optical technique to measure fluxes, we need to perform an accurate error analysis. A Monte Carlo analysis is presented here to simulate the results and to analyze the propagation of statistical errors affecting the measurements. Results show that the coupling of inertial dissipation methods with optical methods is promising and a field experiment, based on the joint techniques, is feasible.This work was partially supported by M.P.I. (60%) grants of the Italian Ministry of Education.