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Probing the Atmospheric Boundary Layer

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  • © 1986

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Editors:
  1. Donald H. Lenschow

    1. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, USA

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  • Comprehensive in scope

  • Discusses boundary layer meteorology

  • Sponsored by the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Introduction

    • Donald H. Lenschow
    Pages 1-3

  2. Measurement Physics

    • J. C. Wyngaard
    Pages 5-18

  3. Flux and Profile Measurements from Towers in the Boundary Layer

    • J. C. Kaimal
    Pages 19-28

  4. Fine-Scale Measurements of Velocity, Temperature, and Humidity in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer

    • Carl A. Friehe
    Pages 29-38

  5. Aircraft Measurements in the Boundary Layer

    • Donald H. Lenschow
    Pages 39-55

  6. Aerosol Measurements in the Boundary Layer

    • R. F. Pueschel
    Pages 57-86

  7. Visibility Measurement Techniques

    • William Viezee, Richard Lewis
    Pages 87-101

  8. Gaseous Tracer Technology and Applications

    • Walter F. Dabberdt, Russell N. Dietz
    Pages 103-128

  9. A Comparative Overview of Active Remote-Sensing Techniques

    • R. L. Schwiesow
    Pages 129-138

  10. Lidar Measurement of Boundary-Layer Variables

    • R. L. Schwiesow
    Pages 139-162

  11. Radar Probing and Measurement of the Planetary Boundary Layer: Part I. Scattering from Refractive Index Irregularities

    • R. B. Chadwick, E. E. Gossard
    Pages 163-182

  12. Radar Probing and Measurement of the Planetary Boundary Layer: Part II. Scattering from Particulates

    • R. A. Kropfli
    Pages 183-199

  13. Acoustic Remote Sensing

    • W. D. Neff, R. L. Coulter
    Pages 201-239
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About this book

This important work on boundary-layer measurements was originally published in 1986 and sponsored by the American Meteorological Society (AMS) in cooperation with the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). NCAR is operated by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and is sponsored by the National Science Foundation. 

The book is the result of a long process and was designed at the request of the AMS Committee on Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion and the AMS Committee on Atmospheric Measurements. It combines the revised lectures from the 1983 short course "Instruments and Techniques for Probing the Atmospheric Boundary Layer". 


32 years after first publication, Springer has turned this AMS classic into an eBook, to make it accessible for new generations. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, USA

    Donald H. Lenschow

About the editor

Donald H. Lenschow is a Senior Scientist Emeritus at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and a consultant at Scientific Aviation, Boulder, CO. 

He is currently working on: 
1) the design and development of new measurement technology for research from airborne platforms, mostly focused on measuring turbulence in the planetary boundary layer; and 
2) analyzing aircraft data and applying the results to improve our understanding of boundary-layer structure.

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