Differences in Kilometre‐scale wind and humidity boundary‐layer structure at GATE |
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| Authors: | RE Mickle DS Davison |
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| Institution: | 1. Atmospheric Environment Service , Downsview, Ontario;2. INTERA Environmental Consultants Ltd , Calgary, ALTA |
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| Abstract: | Abstract During the GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment (GA TE) in the summer of 1974, identical tethersonde packages were flown to heights of 1,000 m from two ships with a crosswind separation of approximately 4 km. The differences in the profiles and fixed level time series from the two packages are a measure of spatial variability in the tropical marine boundary layer. Correlation analysis indicate a cellular pattern in the large‐scale wind field. Similar analyses of the temperature and humidity fields give quite different results. |
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