Determining Boundary-Layer Height from Aircraft Measurements

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 277-302

  Dai, C ^a   Wang, Q ^b   Kalogiros, J A ^c   Lenschow, D H ^d   Gao, Z ^a   Zhou, M ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Aircraft measurements; Boundary layer height; Boundary layer mean profiles; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRADIENT METHODS; TURBULENCE;

AIRCRAFT MEASUREMENT; BOUNDARY-LAYER HEIGHT; BOUNDARY-LAYER MEAN PROFILES; BULK RICHARDSON NUMBER; CLOUD-TOPPED BOUNDARY LAYER; DETECTION CRITERIA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; UNDERLYING SURFACE;

AIRCRAFT;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; BOUNDARY LAYER; RICHARDSON NUMBER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84905674742     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-014-9929-z     Document Type: Article

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