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Estimating helicity in the atmospheric boundary layer from acoustic sounding data

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Distributions of the velocity-field helicity in the atmospheric boundary layer have been obtained from acoustic sounding data. The helicity of large-scale motions (0.3–0.6 m/s2) exceeds (by an order of magnitude) its independently measured turbulent values, which are close to helicity averaged over the layer (0.02–0.12 m/s2). In the absence of strong convection, there is good correlation between helicity and wind velocity squared at upper sounding levels of 400 to 600 m.

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  1. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119017, Russia

    N. V. Vazaeva, O. G. Chkhetiani, R. D. Kouznetsov, M. A. Kallistratova, V. F. Kramar, V. S. Lyulyukin & D. D. Kuznetsov

  2. Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Moscow, 105005, Russia

    N. V. Vazaeva

  3. Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117997, Russia

    O. G. Chkhetiani

  4. Finnish Meteorological Institute, FI-00101, Helsinki, Finland

    R. D. Kouznetsov

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Original Russian Text © N.V. Vazaeva, O.G. Chkhetiani, R.D. Kouznetsov, M.A. Kallistratova, V.F. Kramar, V.S. Lyulyukin, D.D. Kuznetsov, 2017, published in Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Fizika Atmosfery i Okeana, 2017, Vol. 53, No. 2, pp. 200–214.

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Vazaeva, N.V., Chkhetiani, O.G., Kouznetsov, R.D. et al. Estimating helicity in the atmospheric boundary layer from acoustic sounding data. Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 53, 174–186 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433817020104

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