Coastal-urban boundary-layer and convection observations around Houston (ARM TRACER)
Field
A year of ARM Mobile Facility observations around Houston, aimed at sea-breeze convection and aerosol–cloud interaction, with Doppler lidar, soundings, flux and tethered-balloon data on the coastal urban boundary layer. Free ARM account needed.
Jensen, M. (2022). Coastal-urban boundary-layer and convection observations around Houston (ARM TRACER) [Data set]. ARM Data Center. https://arm.gov/research/campaigns/amf2021tracer
Please also cite the publications below that describe it.
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