Introduction
Micrometeorology is concerned with the climate close to the land surface. The central problem of micrometeorological research since its genesis has been the measurement of scalar fluxes of mass and energy to and from the Earth's surface. Pioneers in micrometeorology such as C. W. Thornthwaite, O. G. Sutton and F. Pasquill had a great interest in measuring water vapor flux as a means of determining evapotranspiration from land, and thereby answering very practical questions such as how much irrigation water a crop required. Later researchers such as J. L. Monteith became interested in carbon dioxide fluxes in order to quantify photosynthetic activity and plant productivity. Currently much activity is directed at other greenhouse gas fluxes, such as methane from bogs and nitrous oxide from cropland. A sampling of other important historical and current micrometeorological questions includes ammonia losses from manure application to address nitrogen loss and environmental...
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Hossner, L.R., Yatsu, E., Young, I.M., Warland, J. (2008). Micrometeorology. In: Chesworth, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Soil Science. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-3995-9_354
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