1. Bora flow characteristics in a complex valley environmentMarija Bervida, Samo Stanič, Griša Močnik, Longlong Wang, Klemen Bergant, Xiaoquan Song, 2021, original scientific article Abstract: This paper complements the existing studies of Bora flow properties in the Vipava valley with the study of Bora turbulence in a lower region of the troposphere. The turbulence characteristics of Bora flow were derived from high resolution Doppler wind lidar measurements during eight Bora wind episodes that occurred in November and December 2019. Based on the vertical profiles of wind velocity, from 80 to 180 m above the valley floor, the turbulence intensity related to all three spatial directions and the along-wind integral length scales related to three velocity components were evaluated and compared to the approximations given in international standards. The resulting turbulence characteristics of Bora flow in a deep mountain valley exhibited interesting behaviour, differing from the one expected and suggested by standards. The intensity of turbulence during Bora episodes was found to be quite strong, especially regarding the expected values for that particular category of terrain. The specific relationship between along-wind, lateral and vertical intensity was evaluated as well. The scales of turbulence in the along-wind direction were found to vary widely between different Bora episodes and were rather different from the approximations given by standards, with the most significant deviations observed for the along-wind length scale of the vertical velocity component. Finally, the periodicity of flow structures above the valley was assessed, yielding a wide range of possible periods between 1 and 10 min, thus confirming some of the previous observations from the studies of Bora in the Vipava valley. Keywords: doppler wind lidar, Bora wind, turbulence intensity, complex terrain, turbulence integral length scale Published in RUNG: 05.11.2021; Views: 2929; Downloads: 43 Link to full text This document has many files! More... |
2. Polarization Raman Lidar for Atmospheric Monitoring in the Vipava ValleyLonglong Wang, Samo Stanič, William Eichinger, Xiaoquan Song, Marko Zavrtanik, 2020, published scientific conference contribution Abstract: We report on the design, construction and performance of a polarization Raman lidar, built for atmospheric monitoring in the Vipava valley in SW Slovenia, a regional air pollution hot-spot where aerosols are expected to originate from a number of different sources. Its key features are automatized remote operation capability and indoor deployment, which provide high duty cycle in all weather conditions. System optimization and performance studies include the calibration of the depolarization ratio, merging of near-range (analog) and far-range (photon-counting) data, determination of overlap functions and validation of the retrieved observables with radiosonde data. Keywords: polarization Ramal lidar, Vipava valley, atmospheric monitoring Published in RUNG: 08.07.2020; Views: 3874; Downloads: 0 This document has many files! More... |
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4. Tracking of urban aerosols using a scanning Mie lidarTingyao He, Fei Gao, Samo Stanič, Klemen Bergant, Darko Veberič, Xiaoquan Song, Aleš Dolžan, 2011, published scientific conference contribution abstract Keywords: aerosoli, mesta, lidar, okoljski monitoring Published in RUNG: 15.10.2013; Views: 8865; Downloads: 149 Link to full text |