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Multipoint Measurements of Temperature and Wind in the Surface Layer

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The results of multipoint measurements of wind-direction pulsations and air temperature in the surface layer on the basis of the Tsymljansk Scientific Station of the Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), generalized over several years, are considered. The characteristic sizes of vortex and thermal structures, as well as the ratio of these sizes under various conditions, have been determined. The previously found dependence of the characteristic sizes of structures on the conditions of thermal stratification is confirmed. Visualizations of two-dimensional fields of temperature and wind direction are presented.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We thank A.Yu. Artamonov, D.V. Zaitseva, D.D. Kuznetsov, V.S. Lyulyukin, and I.A. Repina for their attention, assistance, and advice in organizing and conducting experiments, as well as the staff of the Tsimlyansk Scientific Station for assistance and providing the necessary conditions for successful measurements. We would especially like to mention B.M. Koprova, on whose initiative this field of experimental studies into the structure of the atmospheric boundary layer was renewed at a new level.

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This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, grant nos. 18-35-00591 and 17-05-01116.

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    E. A. Shishov, O. A. Solenaya, O. G. Chkhetiani, G. V. Azizyan & V. M. Koprov

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Shishov, E.A., Solenaya, O.A., Chkhetiani, O.G. et al. Multipoint Measurements of Temperature and Wind in the Surface Layer. Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 57, 254–263 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433821030087

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