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Direct measurements of radiative and turbulent flux convergences in the lowest 1000 m of the convective boundary layer

✍ Scribed by W. H. Moores

Publisher: Springer
Year: 1982
Tongue: English
Weight: 673 KB
Volume: 22
Category: Article
ISSN: 0006-8314
DOI: 10.1007/bf00120010

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✦ Synopsis

Results derived from simultaneous measurements of turbulent heat flux and radiation convergence in the daytime convective boundary layer are presented. It is found that the effects of long-wave radiation result in a warming near the surface and cooling at higher levels, in good agreement with infra-red radiative transfer models. Heating rates, roughly 30% of those produced by turbulence, are observed as a result of the absorption of short-wave radiation in the lowest 1000 m of the atmosphere.

List of Symbols

A symbol followed by a number in brackets denotes its value at a height, x, where the height is in metres above the ground. 1 denotes coming from the sky and t from the earth's surface.

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