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Title: Sangamon field experiments: observations of the diurnal evolution of the planetary boundary layer over land

Abstract

Two complementary experimental studies of the evolving structure of the lower 2 km of the atmosphere, conducted over farmlands in central Illinois during essentially the same mid-summer weeks of two successive years, are described. The first experiment (21 July - 13 August 1975) investigated the early morning break up of the nocturnal stable layer and the rapid growth of the mixed layer before noon; the second (16 to 30 July 1976) examined the decline of the mixed layer through the late afternoon and evening, and the formation and intensification of the ground-based inversion before midnight. Methods of observation and data reduction are summarized in some detail, and the data obtained in the form of hourly wind and temperature profiles, plus sufficient surface flux information to characterize the lower boundary conditions, are tabulated in a series of appendices. These results constitute complete data sets which may be used to test models of the diurnal evolution of the lower atmosphere.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
5182195
Report Number(s):
ANL/RER-81-1
ON: DE82005436
DOE Contract Number:  
W-31-109-ENG-38
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions of this report are illegible
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; DAILY VARIATIONS; AMBIENT TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; METEOROLOGY; SURFACE AIR; WIND; AIR; DATA; FLUIDS; GASES; INFORMATION; LAYERS; NUMERICAL DATA; VARIATIONS; 500100* - Environment, Atmospheric- Basic Studies- (-1989)

Citation Formats

Hicks, B. B., Hess, G. D., Wesely, M. L., Yamada, T., Frenzen, P., Hart, R. L., Sisterson, D. L., Hess, P. E., Kulhanek, F. C., Lipschutz, R. C., and Zerbe, G. A. Sangamon field experiments: observations of the diurnal evolution of the planetary boundary layer over land. United States: N. p., 1981. Web. doi:10.2172/5182195.
Hicks, B. B., Hess, G. D., Wesely, M. L., Yamada, T., Frenzen, P., Hart, R. L., Sisterson, D. L., Hess, P. E., Kulhanek, F. C., Lipschutz, R. C., & Zerbe, G. A. Sangamon field experiments: observations of the diurnal evolution of the planetary boundary layer over land. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5182195
Hicks, B. B., Hess, G. D., Wesely, M. L., Yamada, T., Frenzen, P., Hart, R. L., Sisterson, D. L., Hess, P. E., Kulhanek, F. C., Lipschutz, R. C., and Zerbe, G. A. 1981. "Sangamon field experiments: observations of the diurnal evolution of the planetary boundary layer over land". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5182195. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5182195.
@article{osti_5182195,
title = {Sangamon field experiments: observations of the diurnal evolution of the planetary boundary layer over land},
author = {Hicks, B. B. and Hess, G. D. and Wesely, M. L. and Yamada, T. and Frenzen, P. and Hart, R. L. and Sisterson, D. L. and Hess, P. E. and Kulhanek, F. C. and Lipschutz, R. C. and Zerbe, G. A.},
abstractNote = {Two complementary experimental studies of the evolving structure of the lower 2 km of the atmosphere, conducted over farmlands in central Illinois during essentially the same mid-summer weeks of two successive years, are described. The first experiment (21 July - 13 August 1975) investigated the early morning break up of the nocturnal stable layer and the rapid growth of the mixed layer before noon; the second (16 to 30 July 1976) examined the decline of the mixed layer through the late afternoon and evening, and the formation and intensification of the ground-based inversion before midnight. Methods of observation and data reduction are summarized in some detail, and the data obtained in the form of hourly wind and temperature profiles, plus sufficient surface flux information to characterize the lower boundary conditions, are tabulated in a series of appendices. These results constitute complete data sets which may be used to test models of the diurnal evolution of the lower atmosphere.},
doi = {10.2172/5182195},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5182195}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981},
month = {Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981}
}