Articles | Volume 15, issue 22
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-6563-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-6563-2022
Research article
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17 Nov 2022
Research article |  | 17 Nov 2022

The measurement of mean wind, variances, and covariances from an instrumented mobile car in a rural environment

Stefan J. Miller and Mark Gordon

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This research investigates the measurement of atmospheric turbulence using a low-cost instrumented car that travels at near-highway speeds and is impacted by upwind obstructions and other on-road traffic. We show that our car design can successfully measure the mean flow and atmospheric turbulence near the surface. We outline a technique to isolate and remove the effects of sporadic passing traffic from car-measured velocity variances and discuss potential measurement uncertainties.
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