Instabilities, Dynamics, and Energetics accompanying Atmospheric Layering (IDEAL): high-resolution in situ observations and modeling in and above the nocturnal boundary layer

Doddi, Abhiram; Lawrence, Dale; Fritts, David; Wang, Ling; Lund, Thomas; Brown, William; Zajic, Dragan; Kantha, Lakshmi

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-4023-2022

Articles | Volume 15, issue 13

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-4023-2022

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-4023-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 13

Research article

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07 Jul 2022

Research article |

| 07 Jul 2022

Instabilities, Dynamics, and Energetics accompanying Atmospheric Layering (IDEAL): high-resolution in situ observations and modeling in and above the nocturnal boundary layer

Abhiram Doddi, Dale Lawrence, David Fritts, Ling Wang, Thomas Lund, William Brown, Dragan Zajic, and Lakshmi Kantha

Data sets

NCAR/EOL ISS Surface Meteorology Data UCAR/NCAR – Earth Observing Laboratory https://doi.org/10.5065/D63N226P

Short summary

Small-scale turbulent structures are ubiquitous in the atmosphere, yet our understanding of their structure and dynamics is vastly incomplete. IDEAL aimed to improve our understanding of small-scale turbulent flow features in the lower atmosphere. A small, unmanned, fixed-wing aircraft was employed to make targeted observations of atmospheric columns. Measured data were used to guide atmospheric model simulations designed to describe the structure and dynamics of small-scale turbulence.