isoflux

plural isofluxes

1. natural sciencesThe product obtained by multiplying the flux measurement by the isotopic signature.

   Trends in F_N were mimicked by that of the isoflux, but in the opposite direction, since isoflux is a product of a negative flux and a negative isotopic signature (Fig. 5).

   2009, Asko Noormets, Phenology of Ecosystem Processes, →ISBN

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   It is even more difficult when one considers that the disequilibrium is spatially variable so that the global isoflux must be properly flux-weighted for the effect of different regions.

   2001, Ernst-Detlef Schulze, Martin Heimann, Sandy Harrison, Global Biogeochemical Cycles in the Climate System, →ISBN, page 288

   As the leaf isoflux slowly diminishes, the respiration isoflux, that has lagged photosynthesis due to the slow increase in soil temperature, takes over bringing about a seasonal minimum in late summer/early fall.

   2006, Heinrich D. Holland, Ralph F. Keeling, Karl K. Turekian, The Atmosphere, →ISBN, page 205

1. not comparablePertaining to a uniform level of flux.

   The rms of thermal fluctuations at the wall were zero for the isothermal condition and nonzero for the isoflux condition.

   2008, Juan Guillermo Araya, DNS of Turbulent Wall Bounded Flows with a Passive Scalar, →ISBN, page 13

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   An isoflux antenna can be used to counteract the change of free-space loss throughout an orbital pass to maintain a constant link margin.

   2010, Rainer Sandau, Hans-Peter Roeser, Arnoldo Valenzuela, Small Satellite Missions for Earth Observation, →ISBN, page 363

   Asymmetry can also occur if adjacent channel walls are isothermal but at different temperatures or isoflux but dissipating different heat fluxes.

   2015, Myer Kutz, Mechanical Engineers' Handbook, Volume 4: Energy and Power, →ISBN