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Heck 1977
Heck, W., 1977: A comparison of estimated and directly measured turbulent heat fluxes in the lower stratosphere. Mon. Weather Rev., 105, 1337-1340, doi:10.1175/1520-0493(1977)105<1337:ACOEAD>2.0.CO;2.
The contribution of small-scale motions to the vertical heat flux in the lower stratosphere is determined from wind and temperature fluctuation statistics obtained during the High Altitude Clear Air Turbulence investigation. Analysis of the cospectra suggests a horizontal wavelength of 3 km as the appropriate long-wave cutoff of small-scale motion. With this scale restriction, the measured vertical heat fluxes are in good agreement with the values of heat flux estimated by Lilly et al. (1974) from the kinetic energy dissipation rate. Hence, the hypothesis of Lilly et al. for estimating heat flux from the dissipation rate is considered to be reliable. It follows that, in the lower stratosphere, subsynoptic vertical transport is small compared to large-scale transport.
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@article{he00200p,
author={Heck, W.},
title={A comparison of estimated and directly measured turbulent heat fluxes in the lower stratosphere},
year={1977},
journal={Monthly Weather Review},
volume={105},
pages={1337--1340},
doi={10.1175/1520-0493(1977)105%3C1337%3AACOEAD%3E2.0.CO;2},
}
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TY - JOUR ID - he00200p AU - Heck, W. PY - 1977 TI - A comparison of estimated and directly measured turbulent heat fluxes in the lower stratosphere JA - Mon. Weather Rev. JO - Monthly Weather Review VL - 105 SP - 1337 EP - 1340 DO - 10.1175/1520-0493(1977)105%3C1337%3AACOEAD%3E2.0.CO;2 ER -
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