THE VTMX 2000 CAMPAIGN
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- 1 April 2002
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
- Vol. 83 (4) , 537-551
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477(2002)083<0537:tvc>2.3.co;2
Abstract
A month-long meteorological field campaign sponsored by the Department of Energy's Environmental Meteorology Program was conducted during October 2000 in the Salt Lake Valley to study vertical transport and mixing (VTMX) processes. The goals of the program are to increase the understanding of these processes, to improve the ability to measure and characterize them, and to incorporate that improved knowledge into conceptual and numerical models that can be used to describe and predict them. The program is currently concentrating on nocturnal stable periods and morning and evening transition periods, and it is further focused on urban areas located in valleys, basins, or other settings affected by nearby elevated terrain. Approximately 75 people participated in the campaign. The campaign featured a wide range of remote sensing and in situ measurements, including those from 6 radar wind profilers, 6 sodars, 5 radio acoustic sounding systems, a Doppler lidar, 2 aerosol lidars, and a water vapor lidar, as many... A month-long meteorological field campaign sponsored by the Department of Energy's Environmental Meteorology Program was conducted during October 2000 in the Salt Lake Valley to study vertical transport and mixing (VTMX) processes. The goals of the program are to increase the understanding of these processes, to improve the ability to measure and characterize them, and to incorporate that improved knowledge into conceptual and numerical models that can be used to describe and predict them. The program is currently concentrating on nocturnal stable periods and morning and evening transition periods, and it is further focused on urban areas located in valleys, basins, or other settings affected by nearby elevated terrain. Approximately 75 people participated in the campaign. The campaign featured a wide range of remote sensing and in situ measurements, including those from 6 radar wind profilers, 6 sodars, 5 radio acoustic sounding systems, a Doppler lidar, 2 aerosol lidars, and a water vapor lidar, as many...Keywords
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