Wavelike Structures in the Turbulent Layer During the Morning Development of Convection at Dome C, Antarctica

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 289-307

  Petenko, Igor ^a,b   Argentini, Stefania ^a   Casasanta, Giampietro ^a   Kallistratova, Margarita ^b   Sozzi, Roberto ^a,c   Viola, Angelo ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c Environmental Protection Agency of Lazio Region (ARPA Lazio)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dome C Antarctica; Kelvin Helmholtz instability; Morning evolution of the boundary layer; Sodar; Temperature structure parameter

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DOMES; SHEAR FLOW;

ANTARCTICA; FROZEN-TURBULENCE HYPOTHESIS; HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; INTERNAL GRAVITY WAVES; SODAR; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALE; SPATIO-TEMPORAL STRUCTURES; TEMPERATURE STRUCTURE PARAMETER;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; GRAVITY WAVE; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; SODAR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

ANTARCTICA; DOME CONCORDIA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84975268044     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: 15731472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-016-0173-6     Document Type: Article

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