Coupled and decoupled stratocumulus-topped boundary layers: turbulence properties

• Main Authors: Nowak, Jakub L., Siebert, Holger, Szodry, Kai-Erik, Malinowski, Szymon P.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Katlenburg-Lindau : European Geosciences Union 2021
• Subjects: atmospheric convection; boundary layer; coupling; energy dissipation; humidity; latent heat flux; marine atmosphere; stratocumulus; thermodynamics; turbulence; Atlantic Ocean; Atlantic Ocean North; 550; Nowak; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.34657/7186; https://oa.tib.eu/renate/handle/123456789/8146

We compare turbulence properties in coupled and decoupled marine stratocumulus-topped boundary layers (STBLs) using high-resolution in situ measurements performed by the helicopter-borne Airborne Cloud Turbulence Observation System (ACTOS) platform in the region of the eastern North Atlantic. The th...