Turbulent fluxes in atmospheric boundary layer of a semi-arid region of N-E Brazil

Patel, S. R. and Da Silva, E. M. and de Fatima Correia, M. and Costa, A. M. N. (2004) Turbulent fluxes in atmospheric boundary layer of a semi-arid region of N-E Brazil. Il nuovo cimento C, 27 (6). pp. 649-655. ISSN 1826-9885

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Abstract

The preliminary results of the experiment “Experimento de Microfisica de Nuvens-EmfiN” (Experiment of microphysics of clouds) conducted by Universidade Estadual de Ceara-UECE at Fortaleza, a semi-arid region of N-E Brazil, are presented. The mean kinematic fluxes of sensible heat and water vapor of the surface boundary layer are estimated by the thermodynamic energy and water vapor conservation equations; and by the Monin-Obukhov similarity theory. The results of the two methods are in good agreement. It is shown that in the absence of sophisticated fast-response turbulence instrumentation and wind data the conservations equations methods are better option for estimation of heat and water vapor fluxes. Further they are useful to study the turbulent fluxes in inhomogeneous condition in time like early morning and late evening boundary layer transitions.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Based on the work presented at the 8th Symposium on integrated observing and assimilation system for atmospheric ocean and land surfaces, American Meteorological Society (2004).
Uncontrolled Keywords: Meteorology
Subjects: 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 550 Scienze della Terra > 551 Geologia, Idrologia, Meteorologia
Depositing User: Marina Spanti
Date Deposited: 14 Mar 2020 12:25
Last Modified: 14 Mar 2020 12:25
URI: http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/15273

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