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Appendix, B. list of symbols and abbreviations, Appendix b. list of symbols and abbreviations – Kipp&Zonen LAS MkII Scintillometer User Manual

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A

T

A

Q

C

p

C

n

2

C

T

2

C

Q

2

d
D
f

T

g
G

s

H
H

free

I
L
L

v

E

L

MO

Pot
P
PU

C

n

2

Q
Q*
R

d

R

v

T
T

*

u
u

*

U

C

n

2

U

DEMOD

U

TH_T

z

LAS MkII

z

0

z

u

β
κ

v

λ
ρ
σ

2

σ

2

lnI

σ

2

σ

2

σ

2

Ψ

m

.

wavelength dependent constants
wavelength dependent constants
heat capacity of air at constant pressure
structure parameter of the refractive index of air

(

)

structure parameter of temperature
structure parameter of humidity
zero-displacement height
effective aperture diameter of receiver
universal stability function
gravitational acceleration
soil heat flux
surface sensible heat flux
free convection sensible heat flux
signal strength, or intensity (

I = U

DEMOD

)

path length
latent heat flux (or evaporation)
Obukhov length
path length setting at transmitter power adjustment knob
air pressure
scaled

C

n

2

(

C

n

2

=

PU

C

n

2

• 10

-15

)

absolute humidity
net radiation
specific gas constant for dry air
specific gas constant for water vapour
absolute air temperature
temperature scale
wind speed
friction velocity
log

C

n

2

signal [V]

(

)

demodulated signal [V] (

U

DEMOD

=

I)

thermistor signal transmitter unit
(effective) height of beam/path
aerodynamic (surface) roughness length
height of wind speed measurements
Bowen ratio (β = H/LvE)
von Kármán constant
wavelength of beam radiation
density of air (at sea level !)
variance
variance of natural logarithm of intensity fluctuations, ln(

I)

variance of

U

DEMOD

or intensity

I

variance of

U

C

n

2

integrated stability function for momentum

.

[-]
[-]
[~1005 J K

-1

kg

-1

]

[m

-2/3

]

[K

2

m

-2/3

]

[kg

2

m

-6

m

-2/3

]

[m]
[m]
[-]
[~9.81 m/s

2

]

[W/m

2

]

[W/m

2

]

[W/m

2

]

[V]
[m]
[W/m

2

]

[m]
[-]
[Pa]
[m

-2/3

]

[kg/m

3

]

[W/m

2

]

[~287 J K

-1

kg

-1

]

[~461.5 J K

-1

kg

-1

]

[K]
[K]
[m/s]
[m/s]
[0 to 2 V]
[0 to 2 V]
[0 to 8 V]
[m]
[m]
[m]
[-]
[~0.40]
[850 x 10

-9

m]

[~1.2 kg/m

3

]

[-]
[-]
[V

2

]

[V

2

]

[-]

Appendix

B. List of symbols and abbreviations

C

n

2

= 10

(U

C

n

2

-12)

C

n

2

= 10

(U

C

n

2

-12)

U

DEMOD

U

C

n

2

I

=