Atmospheric Boundary Layer Observation and Meteorology
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Atmospheric Techniques, Instruments, and Modeling".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 16 December 2024 | Viewed by 2267
Special Issue Editor
Interests: atmospheric observations; boundary layer meteorology; micrometeorology; land–atmosphere interactions; atmospheric boundary layer turbulence; atmospheric modeling
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) constitutes the part of the atmosphere that interacts with the underlying surface. Interactions between the land and sea surface are of key importance as they impact the weather and climate on time scales ranging from a few hours to millennia. Furthermore, the ABL is part of the atmosphere where (human) life usually resides. Observing the key parameters of the ABL and studying the processes that determine the state of the ABL have therefore been important parts of atmospheric research.
This Special Issue invites contributions on (novel) observational techniques for sensing the state of the ABL, as well as the processes that determine the state of the ABL. Contributions may include new developments in the following areas:
- Observing state variables and fluxes of the surface and subsurface;
- Observing the exchange (turbulent fluxes) between the surface and the ABL, e.g., new developments in eddy covariance techniques and scintillometry;
- Observing profiles of thermodynamical variables, wind velocity, and turbulence characteristics up to the air layers above the ABL, including novel in situ measurement techniques, (ground-based) remote sensing techniques, and novel airborne measurements (aircraft measurements and meteo-drones);
- Observing low-level clouds (stratocumulus and shallow- and mid-level cumulus);
- Observational arrays of relevant measurement equipment to determine the impact of spatial (lateral) variability on the state of the ABL.
Dr. Reinder Ronda
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- atmospheric boundary layer
- surface-atmosphere interactions
- sensing surface and subsurface
- measurement of fluxes
- ABL thermodynamic profiling
- ABL wind velocity profiling
- ABL turbulence variables profiling
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