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Results of the analysis of height profiles of the normalized structure characteristic of air temperature C T 2 in the atmospheric boundary layer under conditions of daytime convection are discussed. The experimental data were obtained using the Volna-4M acoustic Doppler radar (sodar) in Akademgorodok district (Tomsk, Russia). The profiles were automatically normalized to the value of C T 2 at the height H = 100 m. The analysis involved results obtained in daytime (11:00–16:00 LT) in a warm period (from July to August) of 2015. The shape of height profiles of C T 2 obtained by the sodar are compared with similar profiles obtained by other authors. The presence of a break in the profiles of C T 2 at heights of 60–80 m is noted.
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Kamardin, A.P., Odintsov, S.L. Height profiles of the structure characteristic of air temperature in the atmospheric boundary layer from sodar measurements. Atmos Ocean Opt 30, 33–38 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1024856017010079
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