Some aspects of turbulence structure through the depth of the convective boundary layer

Abstract

Abstract Results from a series of boundary layer measurements carried out at Ashchurch, Worcestershire during July 1976 are combined with those from the 1973 Minnesota experiment. This data set provides a more complete description of the behaviour of some turbulence statistics through the depth of the convective boundary layer and into the stable air of the free atmosphere. Although the two experimental regions differ quite markedly topographically, the two sets of data are found to merge together quite well in the middle of the boundary layer and do not reveal any systematic differences that might be attributable to surface effects. The vertical profiles of turbulence statistics are compared, where possible, with other results from numerical models and laboratory experiments.