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The Cryosphere Discuss., 4, 409-427, 2010
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Local scaling characteristics of Antarctic surface layer turbulence

S. Basu1, A. Ruiz-ColumbiĆ©1, J. A. Phillipson1,*, and S. Harshan1
1Atmospheric Science Group, Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA
*now at: National Weather Service, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Abstract. Over the past years, several studies have validated Nieuwstadt's local scaling hypothesis by utilizing turbulence observations from the mid-latitude, nocturnal stable boundary layers. In this work, we probe into the local scaling characteristics of polar, long-lived stable boundary layers by analyzing turbulence data from the South Pole region of the Antarctic Plateau.

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Citation: Basu, S., Ruiz-ColumbiĆ©, A., Phillipson, J. A., and Harshan, S.: Local scaling characteristics of Antarctic surface layer turbulence, The Cryosphere Discuss., 4, 409-427, doi:10.5194/tcd-4-409-2010, 2010.   Bibtex   EndNote   Reference Manager    XML