Turbulent fluxes from Helipod flights above quasi-homogeneous patches within the LITFASS area

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 127-151

  Bange, Jens ^a   Spieß, Thomas ^a   Herold, Marcus ^b   Beyrich, Frank ^c   Hennemuth, Barbara ^d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airborne measurements; Blending height; Heterogeneous surface; Horizontal mixing; Latent heat flux; LITFASS

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CORRELATION METHODS; MOISTURE; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

AIRBORNE MEASUREMENTS; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; HELICOPTER-BORNE TURBULENCE PROBE; HETEROGENEOUS SURFACE; LARGE-APERTURE SCINTILLOMETER MEASUREMENTS;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CORRELATION METHODS; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; FLUX MEASUREMENT; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 33750413134     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-006-9106-0     Document Type: Article

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