Articles | Volume 14, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-3501-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-3501-2021
Research article
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18 May 2021
Research article |  | 18 May 2021

Eddies in motion: visualizing boundary-layer turbulence above an open boreal peatland using UAS thermal videos

Pavel Alekseychik, Gabriel Katul, Ilkka Korpela, and Samuli Launiainen

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Drones with thermal cameras are powerful new tools with the potential to provide new insights into atmospheric turbulence and heat fluxes. In a pioneering experiment, a Matrice 210 drone with a Zenmuse XT2 thermal camera was used to record 10–20 min thermal videos at 500 m a.g.l. over the Siikaneva peatland in southern Finland. A method to visualize the turbulent structures and derive their parameters from thermal videos is developed. The study provides a novel approach for turbulence analysis.