Determination of convective boundary layer entrainment fluxes, dissipation rates, and the molecular destruction of variances: Theoretical description and a strategy for its confirmation with a novel lidar system synergy

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 667-692

  Wulfmeyer, Volker ^a,b   Muppa, Shravan Kumar ^a   Behrendt, Andreas ^a   Hammann, Eva ^a   Späth, Florian ^a   Sorbjan, Zbigniew ^c   Turner, David D ^d   Hardesty, R Michael ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c Marquette University   (United States)

^d NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atm ocean structure phenomena; Boundary layer; Circulation dynamics; Entrainment; Fluxes; Lidars lidar observations; Observational techniques and algorithms; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

AIR ENTRAINMENT; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATE MODELS; FLUXES; OPTICAL RADAR; TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC VARIABLES; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURES; LIDARS/LIDAR OBSERVATIONS; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; TURBULENT FLUCTUATION; WEATHER AND CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DISSIPATION; ENTRAINMENT; LIDAR; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84958630368     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-14-0392.1     Document Type: Article

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