A51R
Atmospheric Boundary Layer Processes and Turbulence II

Friday, 18 December 2015: 08:00-10:00
3010 (Moscone West)
Primary Conveners:  David H Richter, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, United States
Conveners:  Chad W Higgins, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States and William Anderson, University of Texas at Dallas, Mechanical Engineering, Richardson, TX, United States
Chairs:  David H Richter, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, United States and William Anderson, University of Texas at Dallas, Mechanical Engineering, Richardson, TX, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Chad W Higgins, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
08:00
Turbulence Driven by Common Non-stationary Weak Winds (Invited) (61150)
Larry Mahrt, NorthWest Research Associates Redmond, Redmond, WA, United States
08:15
The Impact of Wind Speed Changes on the Surface Stress in the Weak-wind Stable Boundary Layer (Invited) (79683)
Christoph K Thomas, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
08:30
Complex turbulent flow in the atmospheric boundary layer: Lab and field measurements of embedded canopy wakes (76557)
Corey D Markfort, IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
08:45
Dual Nature of Heat Flux in Stable Atmospheric Surface Layer (80600)
Piyush Srivastava and Maithili Sharan, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India
09:00
Marine Atmospheric Surface Layer and Its Application to Electromagnetic Wave Propagation (71465)
Qing Wang, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, United States
09:15
An Experimental Study of the Statistical Scaling of Turbulent Surface Pressure in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer (69829)
Gregory William Lyons and Nathan E Murray, University of Mississippi Main Campus, University, MS, United States
09:30
Measurements of Turbulence Dissipation Rates in the Planetary Boundary Layer from Wind Profiling Radars (80039)
Katherine McCaffrey, NOAA ESRL, Physical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO, United States, Laura Bianco, NOAA Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, James M Wilczak, NOAA Boulder, Earth Systems Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States and Paul E. Johnston, Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States
09:45
A Comparison of Potential Temperature Variance Budgets over Vegetated and Non-Vegetated Surface (81103)
Chaoxun Hang1, Daniel Nadeau2, Derek D Jensen1 and Eric Pardyjak3, (1)University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (2)Laval University, Civil and Water Engineering, Quebec City, QC, Canada, (3)University of Utah, Mechanical Engineering, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
 
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