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Boundary layer structure observed by shipborne Doppler Sodar in the Suez canal zone

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Il Nuovo Cimento C

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Observations of the boundary layer with a monostatic Sodar and other instrumentation were carried out in the Suez canal zone in January and March 1979, from the Italian m.v.Salernum on its way to and from a GARP assignment. The Sodar was operated almost continuously throughout the passages. In addition to the intensity records, an off-line Doppler analysis involving the use of the fast Fourier transform of the digitized Sodar echoes has provided the vertical componentw of the velocity. In general, because of efficient filtering and of the good quanlity of the data, a vertical profile ofw has been determined for each transmitted pulse. During a prolonged stay in the Bitter lakes vertical profiles of temperature and humidity were also obtained by deploying a tethered balloon. Large temporal and spatial temperature contrasts exist in the canal zone due to the presence of the desert and of large and small bodies of water. The ensuring phenomenology during the time of observation was quite varied.

Riassunto

Osservazioni dello strato limite con un Sodar monostatico e altra strumentazione sono state effettuate nella zona del Canale di Suez nel Gennaio e nel Marzo 1979 dalla nave italiana “Salernum”, all'andata e al ritorno da una campagna nell'ambito del programma GARP. Le misure con il Sodar sono state effettuate quasi ininterrottamente nei due passaggi. In aggiunta alle registrazioni relative all'intensità degli echi, successive analisi Doppler basate sull'impiego della trasformata veloce di Fourier hanno fornito profili della velocità verticalew. In virtù dell'efficienta filtraggio e della buona qualità dei dati si è ottenuto un profilo diw per ciascun impulso acustico. Durante una sosta prolungata nei Laghi Amari sono stati anche misurati profili verticali della temperatura e dell'umidità tramite un pallone frenato. Nella zona del canale si manifestano, nello spazio e nel tempo, notevoli contrasti delle temperature e dell'umidità a causa della presenza del deserto e di corpi idrici di varie dimensioni. La fenomenologia micrometeorologica risulta alquanto varia.

Резюме

В январе и марте 1979 г в зоне Сузцкого канала были проведены наблюдения граничного слоя с помощью моностатического содара н другой аппаратуры. Содар действовал почти непрерывно в течение перехода. Помимо ретистрации интенсивности, допплеровский анализ, включаюший использование быстрого преобразования Фуряе для измеренного зхо содара, дает веттикальную компонентуw скорости. Вследствие зффективной фильтрации и хорошего качества данных, вертикальный профильw был определен для каждого прошедшего импульса. В течение продолжительного пребывания в Горьких озерах были определены вертикальные профили температур и влажности с помошью привязанных шаров-зонцов. Обнаружены большие временные и пространственные контрасты температуры в зоне канала, которые обусловлены наличием пустыни и больших и малых обьемов воды. Последуюшая феноменология является вецьма разнообразной.

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Fiocco, G., Mastrantonio, G. & Ricotta, A. Boundary layer structure observed by shipborne Doppler Sodar in the Suez canal zone. Il Nuovo Cimento C 3, 321–344 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02510159

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