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Elastic backscatter lidar and in situ observations of sea-breeze fronts in Dixon, California [presentation]

Mayor, S. D., Spuler, S. M., Morley, B. M., Himmelsbach, S., Rilling, R. A., … Weckwerth, T. (2007). Elastic backscatter lidar and in situ observations of sea-breeze fronts in Dixon, California [presentation]. In 7th Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes. American Meteorological Society: San Diego, CA, US.
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The NCAR REAL (www.lidar.ucar.edu) was deployed as part of the Canopy Horizontal Array Turbulence Study (CHATS) from 15 March to 9 June 2007 in Dixon, California. The lidar ran almost continuously and unattended during this period. Near-horizontal (PPI) and vertical (RHI) scans were collected in ... Show moreThe NCAR REAL (www.lidar.ucar.edu) was deployed as part of the Canopy Horizontal Array Turbulence Study (CHATS) from 15 March to 9 June 2007 in Dixon, California. The lidar ran almost continuously and unattended during this period. Near-horizontal (PPI) and vertical (RHI) scans were collected in a repeating sequential order to reveal atmospheric structure and create flow visualizations in both dimensions simultaneously. The REAL was located 1.6 km north of a 30-m tall NCAR ISF instrumented tower. Several sea-breeze fronts were observed during the deployment. The lidar animations reveal structure and motion of the fronts while in situ measurements from the tower reveal changes in air-mass properties. Show less

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