Eddy-Correlation from a Low-Flying Airplane Over an Abrupt Change in Surface Character (1991-1992)

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Title: Eddy-Correlation from a Low-Flying Airplane Over an Abrupt Change in Surface Character (1991-1992)

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Abstract:

These data were collected in two intensive field campaigns, sponsored by the Atmospheric Radiation Measurements (ARM) program of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The campaigns occurred exactly one year apart, at Boardman, OR, on the Columbia River in the arid eastern part of the state. They were collected in the first half of June, 1991 and 1992. The data are at an intermediate level of processing, transformed from raw measurements into meteorologically relevant quantities, reported at 40 samples per second. The following parameters are contained in this dataset: position; pressure altitude; radar altitude; air temperature; IR surface temperature; incoming short wave radiation; net radiation; 3-D wind velocity; and concentration of carbon dioxide, water vapor, and ozone. Many of the reported parameters are composed from multiple sensors. Thus the sensor list does not correspond directly to the parameter list. Ozone was measured in 1991, but not in 1992. The dataset is in scaled binary integers, in fixed-length blocks with no embedded control words. A header provides the scale and offset information for each parameter. The airplane flew about 10-15 m above the ground at 50 m/s, over a sharply defined surface pattern of simple geometry. The pattern consisted of homogeneous native arid land of eastern Oregon, bounded by a 30 km north-south road marking abrupt change to cropland, irrigated in close-packed circles of 800 m diameter.

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Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Auble, D. L., and Meyers, T. P. 1992 An open-path fast-response infrared absorption gas analyzer for H2O and CO2. Bound.-Layer Meteor. 59 243-256

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Crawford, T. L., Dobosy, R. J. and Birdwell, K. R. 1993 Airborne Measurements of Mass, Momentum, and Energy Fluxes for the Boardman ARM Regional Flux Experiment - 1991: Preliminary Data Release. NOAA Tech. Memo. ERL ARL-202 200

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REFERENCE: Crawford, T. L., McMillen, R. T. and Dobosy, R. J. 1990 Development of a "Generic Mobile Flux Platform with Demonstration on a Small Airplane. NOAA Tech. Mem. ERL ARL-184 100

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Crawford, T. L., and Dobosy, R. J. 1992 A sensitive fast-response probe to measure turbulence and heat flux from any airplane. Bound.-Layer Meteor. 59 257-278

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Doran, J. C., and colleagues 1992 The Boardman regional flux experiment Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 73 1785-1795

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Beginning_Date: 19910601

Ending_Date: 19920613

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Resource_Description: BoardmanPOD91 > Processed Output Data 40 Hz, Meteorological Variables, 1991

Resource_Description: BoardmanPOD92 > Processed Output Data 40 Hz, Meteorological Variables, 1992

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