PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE SYMPOSIUM ON THE THEORY AND MEASUREMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE AND DIFFUSION IN THE PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, DECEMBER 5-7, 1967.

Abstract

Contents: Some outstanding issues in the theory and practice of estimating diffusion from sources; Cloud transport rate from ground level releases; Turbulence data for use in hazard analyses; A survey of current thought on wind properties relevant for diffusion in the lowest 100 M; Measurements of turbulence in the lower atmosphere; On the predictor corrector scheme for the digital solution of the partial differential equation of atmospheric diffusion; Characteristics of diffusion within model canopies; Effect of stability on the wind profile under conditions of inhomogeneous terrain roughness; Techniques for the application and validation of diffusion models; On measuring vertical fluxes of momentum and heat with cup anemometers; Structural-induced interference on wind sensor measurements; An automated meteorological measurement system; An ecology-oriented telemetering system; A mobile radio telemetered data acquisition system; A dimensional analysis of the constant-flux layer; A study of wind variability in the lower troposphere through power spectrum analysis at mesoscale frequencies; A comparison of simultaneous wind profiles derived from smooth and roughened spheres; A new turbulent-transfer theory based on eulerian concepts of eddy displacement structure.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0683429

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Boundary Layer
  • Data Acquisition
  • Differential Equations
  • Diffusion
  • Equations
  • Ground Level
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • New Mexico
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Power Spectra
  • Spectrum Analysis
  • Turbulence
  • Wind

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers