Estimation of the average surface heat flux over an inhomogeneous terrain from the vertical velocity variance |
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| Authors: | M. D. Eilts A. Sundara-Rajan R. J. Evans |
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| Affiliation: | (1) National Severe Storms Laboratory, 1313 Halley Circle, 73069 Norman, Oklahoma, USA;(2) Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, University of Oklahoma, 401 E. Boyd, 73019 Norman, Oklahoma, USA;(3) Ensco, Inc., 1930 Highway A1A, 32937 Indian Harbour Beach, Florida, USA |
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| Abstract: | An indirect method of estimating the surface heat flux from observations of vertical velocity variance at the lower mid-levels of the convective atmospheric boundary layer is described. Comparison of surface heat flux estimates with those from boundary-layer heating rates is good, and this method seems to be especially suitable for inhomogeneous terrain for which the surface-layer profile method cannot be used. |
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