NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE : Comments on "Peculiar Downward Water Vapor Flux over Gobi Desert in the Daytime, " By J. Wang and Y. Mitsuta(J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, Vol. 68, No. 3, pp 399-402)

Abstract

Wang and Mitsuta (1990) reported that a downward water vapor flux was observed in the daytime over the Gobi desert. The present author pointed out the importance of mean flow contribution to total water vapor flux due to air density fluctuation. The correction factor was estimated to be about -22% to reduce the downward flux.