Atmospheric Boundary Layer Measurements in South-Central Kansas, 1997-2004

摘要

The Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiments (ABLE) facility, in south-central Kansas, was designed primarily for investigating the planetary boundary layer (PBL), the lower part of the troposphere where the surface directly influences turbulent transport. This includes dynamics of the PBL; effects of varying land use and land form; the interactive roles of precipitation, runoff, and soil moisture; storm development; and energy budgets on scales of 1-100 km. ABLE augmented other PBL datasets—in a variety of synoptic conditions—and supported testing of parameterization schemes representing PBL and surface processes in weather and climate models. ABLE observations were taken from March 1997 through September 2004 by Argonne National Laboratory. A complete description and archived data are available at www.atmos.anl.gov/ABLE.