Figure Legends
Figure 1: a: Location of the East River basin in reference to the United States and Colorado, b: East River watershed with location of eddy covariance tower, c: The East River eddy covariance tower in June, d: The East River eddy covariance tower in September.
Figure 2: Wind direction captured by the eddy covariance tower in five degree increments.
Figure 3: Daily soil moisture from June 2, 2017 to September 27, 2019 for four sensors with two sensors located 5 cm from the surface and two sensors located 25 cm from the surface.
Figure 4: Monthly percentages of energy balance closure error for June 2017 to August 2019. The dotted lines represent negative and positive 30 percent closures.
Figure 5: Diurnal cycle of net radiation, latent heat, sensible heat, ground heat fluxes, and closure error along with the range of solar noon from June 1 to August 31 for summers 2017, 2018, and 2019 Mountain Time.
Figure 6: Average monthly values for May through September 2017, 2018, and 2019. a: Average monthly available energy values (Rn-G) data for May of 2017 missing as the soil heat flux sensor was not yet installed. b: Average monthly ET values. c: Average monthly soil moisture values for two sensors 25cm from the surface with data for May of 2017 missing as the sensor was not yet installed. d: Average monthly soil moisture values for two sensors 5cm from the surface with data for May of 2017 missing as the sensor was not yet installed.
Figure 7: Daily ET estimates from the East River eddy covariance tower in comparison with the Niwot Ridge eddy covariance tower for May 2017 through September 2019 with grey boxes marking times of good energy balance closure (May-September, Mountain Time).