Atmospheric surface layer characterization : preliminary desert lapse rate study, 22-25 August 2000 / Doyle S. Elliott [and others].

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Elliott, Doyle S.

Contributor:

U.S. Army Research Laboratory

Series:

ARL-TR (Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.) ; 2994.

ARL-TR ; 2994

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Atmospheric thermodynamics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v, 18 pages) : color charts.

Place of Publication:

White Sands Missile Range, NM : Army Research Laboratory, [2003]

Summary:

Results of the August 2000 Desert Lapse Rate (DLR) Experiment are presented. The DLR Experiment was performed to document the night-to-day transition effects on the desert Atmospheric Surface Layer (ASL). During the DLR Experiment, simultaneous 32 m and 2 m thermodynamic and wind data were gathered 2 hrs prior to, through 2 hrs after sunrise. Solar radiation data were also gathered over the Experimental Period. A GPS radiosonde was launched at the beginning of the atmospheric neutral event after sunrise to determine the depth of the isothermal layer. Lapse rate changes characterized the transition of the Night-Day lower-atmospheric Chihuahuan Desert conditions and are presented in the results.

Notes:

Title from PDF title screen (viewed on Aug. 4, 2010).

"May 2003."

Includes bibliographical references (page 8).

OCLC:

74247100

Access Restriction:

Approved for public release.