Abstract
The local structure and evolution of the convective boundary layer (CBL) are studied through measurements obtained with a volume-imaging radar, the turbulent eddy profiler (TEP). TEP has the unique ability to image the temporal and spatial evolution of both the velocity field and the local refractive index structure-function parameter,
CBL data obtained during an August 1996 deployment at Rocks Springs, Pennsylvania, are presented. Measurements of the vertical
To study the statistics and scales of larger structures, effective volumes larger than the TEP field of view are constructed through Taylor’s hypothesis. Statistics of
* Current affiliation: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California.
+ Current affiliation: Telecommunications Products Division, Corning Inc., Corning, New York.
Corresponding author address: Stephen J. Frasier, Knowles Engineering Building, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003.
Email: frasier@ecs.umass.edu