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Title: Near-surface turbulence in the Arctic (Utqiagvik, AK, March - April 2022)
This flux-tower observational campaign occurred in Utqiagvik, AK. A 12-m tower was installed in February 2022 to collect turbulence data at a total of five heights (0.5 m, 1.5 m, 2.5 m, 3.5 m, and 7.5 m). At each height, a Campbell Scientific CSAT3B sonic anemometer was operated to measure three velocity components and virtual temperature at 50 Hz, and an R. M. Young temperature and relative sensor was operated to measure air temperature and relative humidity at 1 Hz. The effective data collection was during March--April 2022, until the tower was taken down in April 2022. This was the first dataset of Arctic turbulence collected at 50 Hz, a frequency substantially higher than previous measurements at 10 Hz and 20 Hz. Given the strongly stable conditions in the Arctic, increasing the sampling frequency to 50 Hz was critical to resolve near-surface turbulence within or at least close to the inertial subrange.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2113854
PAR ID:
10654912
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Penn State Data Commons
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Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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