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Direct measurements of radiative and turbulent flux convergences in the lowest 1000 m of the convective boundary layer

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Results derived from simultaneous measurements of turbulent heat flux and radiation convergence in the daytime convective boundary layer are presented. It is found that the effects of long-wave radiation result in a warming near the surface and cooling at higher levels, in good agreement with infra-red radiative transfer models. Heating rates, roughly 30% of those produced by turbulence, are observed as a result of the absorption of short-wave radiation in the lowest 1000 m of the atmosphere.

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Moores, W.H. Direct measurements of radiative and turbulent flux convergences in the lowest 1000 m of the convective boundary layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 22, 283–294 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00120010

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