Can CO2 turbulent flux be measured by lidar? A preliminary study

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 365-377

  Gibert, Fabien ^a,b   Koch, Grady J ^c   Beyon, Jeffrey Y ^c   Hilton, Timothy W ^b   Davis, Kenneth J ^b   Andrews, Arlyn ^d   Flamant, Pierre H ^a   Singh, Upendra N ^c  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Carbon dioxide; Fluxes; Lidar observations; Profilers; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

CURRENT LIMITATION; DATA SETS; DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION LIDARS; EDDY COVARIANCE TECHNIQUE; IN-SITU; LIDAR OBSERVATIONS; MIXING RATIOS; PROFILERS; TIME AND SPACE; TIME AVERAGING; TURBULENT FLUX; VERTICAL PROFILING; VERTICAL VELOCITY PROFILES; WISCONSIN;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; OPTICAL RADAR; TROPOSPHERE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; DATA SET; EDDY COVARIANCE; LIDAR; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 78249289870     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JTECHA1446.1     Document Type: Article

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