High-Resolution Fibre-Optic Temperature Sensing: A New Tool to Study the Two-Dimensional Structure of Atmospheric Surface-Layer Flow

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-192

  Thomas, Christoph K ^a   Kennedy, Adam M ^a   Selker, John S ^a   Moretti, Ayla ^a   Schroth, Martin H ^b   Smoot, Alexander R ^a   Tufillaro, Nicholas B ^a   Zeeman, Matthias J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cold air pool; Distributed temperature sensing; Fibre optics; Spatial sampling; Stable boundary layer; Taylor's hypothesis; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

COLD-AIR POOL; DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSING; SPATIAL SAMPLING; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER; TAYLOR'S HYPOTHESIS;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LAKES; OPTICS; SPARK PLUGS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; TURBULENCE; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ANEMOMETER; BOUNDARY LAYER; COLD AIR; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HETEROGENEITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PRECISION; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMAL STRUCTURE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84855354296     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-011-9672-7     Document Type: Article

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