The Effect of Scale on the Applicability of Taylor's Frozen Turbulence Hypothesis in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 379-391

  Higgins, Chad W ^a   Froidevaux, Martin ^b   Simeonov, Valentin ^b   Vercauteren, Nikki ^b   Barry, Caitlin ^b   Parlange, Marc B ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atmospheric boundary layer; Humidity; Raman lidar; Taylor's frozen turbulence hypothesis

Indexed keywords

DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; EULERIAN; FIELD SCALE; FROZEN-TURBULENCE HYPOTHESIS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HUMIDITY MEASUREMENTS; LAGRANGIAN; LENGTH SCALE; PASSIVE TRACERS; RAMAN LIDAR; SPACE AND TIME; SWITZERLAND; TURBULENT MOTION; WATER VAPOUR; WIND SPEED AND DIRECTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; OPTICAL RADAR; WAVELET DECOMPOSITION;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER;

BOUNDARY LAYER; EULER FLOW; HUMIDITY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBULENCE; WATER VAPOR; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84859213226     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-012-9701-1     Document Type: Article

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