Estimation of turbulent heat fluxes and exchange coefficients for heat at Dumont d'Urville, East Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Argentini, S., Mastrantonio, G., Viola, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1999
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Antarctic; The Antarctic; East Antarctica; Dumont d'Urville; Dumont-d'Urville; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102099000127; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102099000127

Simultaneous acoustic Doppler sodar and tethersonde measurements were used to study some of the characteristics of the unstable boundary layer at Dumont d'Urville, Adélie Land, East Antarctica during the summer 1993–94. A description of the convective boundary layer and its behaviour in connect...