Accession Number:
AD0619268
Title:
THE STRUCTURE OF THERMAL CONVECTION IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE.
Descriptive Note:
Final rept., pt. 2,
Corporate Author:
CALIFORNIA UNIV LOS ANGELES DEPT OF METEOROLOGY
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1965-02-01
Pagination or Media Count:
86.0
Abstract:
An experimental study of atmospheric convection in lowest 100 m under conditions of strong surface heating and light winds is presented. Using an instrumented light aircraft, measurements were made of the fluctuating temperatures and vertical air speeds over a desert dry lake during the daytime. Root-mean-square values of these quantities and the convective heat flux were calculated and related to theoretical and laboratory results. Author