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Internal wave and turbulence observations with very high-resolution temperature sensors along the Cabauw Mast
van Haren, H.; Bosveld, F.C. (2022). Internal wave and turbulence observations with very high-resolution temperature sensors along the Cabauw Mast. J. Atmos. Oceanic. Technol. 39(8): 1149-1165. https://dx.doi.org/10.1175/jtech-d-21-0153.1
In: Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. American Meteorological Society: Boston, MA. ISSN 0739-0572; e-ISSN 1520-0426, meer
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Author keywords
    Boundary-layer meteorology; High-resolution temperature sensors; Internal waves; Mast observations; Stratified turbulence

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  • van Haren, H., meer
  • Bosveld, F.C.

Abstract

    Knowledge about the characteristics of the atmospheric boundary layer is vital for the understanding of redistribution of air and suspended contents that are particularly driven by turbulent motions. Despite many modeling studies, detailed observations are still demanded of the development of turbulent exchange under stable and unstable conditions. In this paper, we present an attempt to observationally describe atmospheric internal waves and their associated turbulent eddies in detail, under varying stableconditions. Therefore, we mounted 198 high-resolution temperature ( T) sensors with 1-m spacing on a 200-m-long cable. The instrumented cable was attached along the 213-m-tall meteorological mast of Cabauw, Netherlands, during late summer 2017. The mast has standard meteorological equipment at extendable booms at six levels in height. A sonic anemometer is at 60 m above ground. The T sensors have a time constant in air of τa ≈ 3 s and an apparent drift about 0.1°C month−1. Also due to radiation effects, short-term measurement instability is 0.05°C h−1 during nighttime and 0.5°C h−1 during daytime. These T-sensor characteristics hamper quantitative atmospheric turbulence research, due to a relatively narrow inertial subrange of maximum one order of magnitude. Nevertheless, height–time images from two contrasting nights show internal waves up to the buoyancy period of about 300 s, and shear and convective deformation of the stratification over the entire 197-m range of observations, supported by nocturnal marginally stable stratification. Moderate winds lead to 20-m-tall convection across weaker stratification, weak winds to episodic <10-m-tall shear instability across larger stratification.


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