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Spatiotemporal dynamics of the characteristics of atmospheric turbulence from the data of acoustic sounding

N.P. Krasnenko, L.G. Shamanaeva

Memoirs of the Faculty of Physics 2014. N 6.

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Spatiotemporal dynamics of three wind velocity components, longitudinal and transverse structure functions of the wind velocity field, structure characteristics of temperature and wind velocity, turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate, and outer scales of temperature and dynamic turbulence is analyzed in the atmospheric boundary layer. A closed iterative algorithm of sodar data processing is used that takes into account the turbulent attenuation of acoustic waves propagating along the sounding path and allows vertical profiles of the structure characteristics of temperature and wind velocity fields to be reconstructed simultaneously and hence their interrelation to be investigated. The efficiency of the suggested algorithm is confirmed by a comparison of the results obtained with the data of lidar sensing and by the agreement of the results obtained with the available theoretical estimates.

Received: 2014 November 16
Approved: 2014 December 22
PACS:
92.60.-e Properties and dynamics of the atmosphere; meteorology
Authors
N.P. Krasnenko, L.G. Shamanaeva
634055, Russia, Tomsk, 10/3 Akademicheskii av., IMCES SB RAS
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