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The authors present the results of a comparison of wind parameters and heat flux inferred from Doppler SODAR (Sensitron/Sweden) with direct measurements using an acoustic anemometer (Kaijo-Denki, DAT 300) and a platinum wire thermometer. Rather important are the results of a calibration method for c t 2 from measurements of temperature standard deviation, and of an underestimation of the wind speed by Doppler SODAR. An operational means to calculate the flux of sensible heat on the basis of SODAR measurements is studied.
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Keder, J., Foken, T., Gerstmann, W. et al. Measurement of wind parameters and heat flux with the sensitron Doppler SODAR. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 46, 195–204 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00118454
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