Low-level jets and above-canopy drainage as causes of turbulent exchange in the nocturnal boundary layer

Sodar (SOund Detection And Ranging), eddy-covariance, and tower profile measurements of wind speed and carbon dioxide were performed during 17 consecutive nights in complex terrain in northern Taiwan. The scope of the study was to identify the causes for intermittent turbulence events and to analyze...

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Main Authors: T. S. El-Madany, H. F. Duarte, D. J. Durden, B. Paas, M. J. Deventer, J.-Y. Juang, M. Y. Leclerc, O. Klemm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-08-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/11/4507/2014/bg-11-4507-2014.pdf