Observed spatiotemporal variability of boundary-layer turbulence over flat, heterogeneous terrain

Maurer, V.; Kalthoff, N.; Wieser, A.; Kohler, M.; Mauder, M.; Gantner, L.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1377-2016

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08 Feb 2016

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| 08 Feb 2016

Observed spatiotemporal variability of boundary-layer turbulence over flat, heterogeneous terrain

V. Maurer, N. Kalthoff, A. Wieser, M. Kohler, M. Mauder, and L. Gantner

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Short summary

The measurement of turbulence in the lowest 1–2 km above the land surface is important for our understanding of boundary-layer processes. We compared turbulence profiles measured at three locations lying about 3 km apart and found that the deployment of the instruments in different crop fields has no direct influence on turbulence statistics on cloud-free days. Nevertheless, spatial differences as well as correlations were found, indicating the existence of organized structures of turbulence.