Figure 3. False color infrared image obtained from overflight. Remote sensing here clearly illustrates a sharp transition between the floodplain energy balance and adjacent desert energy balance. The difference between the peripheries are probably due to solar angle and different parent materials. Affixed dot indicates position of the BREB system (Fig. 2). Image provided by Lynn Shaulis, Unversity of Nevada, DRI.

• Title Page
• Abstract
• Introduction
• Figure 1. Energy balance components under advective conditions
• Figure 2. Bowen Ratio Energy Balance Tower
• Figure 4. Schematic Representation of Advective Energy Balance and Wind Profile Conditions
• Figure 5. Polar Representation of Horizontal Wind Profile
• A Physical Model of Sensible Heat Transfer
• Figure 6. Wind Speed Tangential to the Floodplain (Wind Speed * | sin (wind direction) |)
• Figure 7. Temperature Gradient Across the Upper Turbulent Boundary Layer (dT/dy)
• Figure 8. Sensible Heat Advection into the Floodplain (q'' from above)
• Conclusions
• References and Further Reading

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