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Background heterogeneity and other uncertainties in estimating urban methane flux: results from the Indianapolis Flux Experiment (INFLUX) by Balashov, Nikolay V., Davis, Kenneth J., Miles, Natasha L., Lauvaux, Thomas, Richardson, Scott J., Barkley, Zachary R., Bonin, Timothy A.

“…As natural gas extraction and use continues to increase, the need to quantify emissions of methane (CH4), a powerful greenhouse gas, has grown. Large…”
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The Indianapolis Flux Experiment (INFLUX): A test-bed for developing urban greenhouse gas emission measurements by Davis, Kenneth J, Deng, Aijun, Lauvaux, Thomas, Miles, Natasha L, Richardson, Scott J, Sarmiento, Daniel P, Gurney, Kevin R, Hardesty, R Michael, Bonin, Timothy A, Brewer, W Alan, Lamb, Brian K, Shepson, Paul B, Harvey, Rebecca M, Cambaliza, Maria O, Sweeney, Colm, Turnbull, Jocelyn C, Whetstone, James, Karion, Anna

“…The objective of the Indianapolis Flux Experiment (INFLUX) is to develop, evaluate and improve methods for measuring greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from…”
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Toward reduced transport errors in a high resolution urban CO2 inversion system by Deng, Aijun, Lauvaux, Thomas, Davis, Kenneth J., Gaudet, Brian J., Miles, Natasha, Richardson, Scott J., Wu, Kai, Sarmiento, Daniel P., Hardesty, R. Michael, Bonin, Timothy A., Brewer, W. Alan, Gurney, Kevin R.

“…We present a high-resolution atmospheric inversion system combining a Lagrangian Particle Dispersion Model (LPDM) and the Weather Research and Forecasting…”
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Contrasting Characteristics and Evolution of Southerly Low-Level Jets During Different Boundary-Layer Regimes by Bonin, Timothy A., Klein, Petra M., Chilson, Phillip B.

“…Nocturnal low-level jets (LLJs) have been documented at many places around the world, particularly across the Great Plains of the United States. Nocturnal LLJs…”
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Thermodynamic and Turbulence Characteristics of the Southern Great Plains Nocturnal Boundary Layer Under Differing Turbulent Regimes by Bonin, Timothy A., Blumberg, William G., Klein, Petra M., Chilson, Phillip B.

“…The nocturnal stable boundary layer (SBL) can generally be classified into the weakly stable boundary layer (wSBL) and very stable boundary layer (vSBL)…”
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Detection of Range-Folded Returns in Doppler Lidar Observations by Bonin, Timothy A., Alan Brewer, W.

“…Doppler lidars with a high pulse repetition frequency are susceptible to range ambiguities from clouds and other distant targets with large backscatter. These…”
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Evaluation of turbulence measurement techniques from a single Doppler lidar by Bonin, Timothy A, Choukulkar, Aditya, Brewer, W. Alan, Sandberg, Scott P, Weickmann, Ann M, Pichugina, Yelena L, Banta, Robert M, Oncley, Steven P, Wolfe, Daniel E

“…Measurements of turbulence are essential to understand and quantify the transport and dispersal of heat, moisture, momentum, and trace gases within the…”
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Potential and Limitations in Estimating Sensible-Heat-Flux Profiles from Consecutive Temperature Profiles Using Remotely-Piloted Aircraft Systems by Båserud, Line, Reuder, Joachim, Jonassen, Marius O., Bonin, Timothy A., Chilson, Phillip B., Jiménez, Maria A., Durand, Pierre

“…Profiles of the sensible heat flux are key to understanding atmospheric-boundary-layer (ABL) structure and development. Based on temperature profiling by a…”
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Evaluation of three lidar scanning strategies for turbulence measurements by Newman, Jennifer F, Klein, Petra M, Wharton, Sonia, Sathe, Ameya, Bonin, Timothy A, Chilson, Phillip B, Muschinski, Andreas

“…Several errors occur when a traditional Doppler beam swinging (DBS) or velocity–azimuth display (VAD) strategy is used to measure turbulence with a lidar. To…”
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OBSERVATIONS OF SEVERE LOCAL STORMS AND TORNADOES WITH THE ATMOSPHERIC IMAGING RADAR by Kurdzo, James M., Nai, Feng, Bodine, David J., Bonin, Timothy A., Palmer, Robert D., Cheong, Boon Leng, Lujan, Javier, Mahre, Andrew, Byrd, Andrew D.

“…Mobile radar platforms designed for observation of severe local storms have consistently pushed the boundaries of spatial and temporal resolution in order to…”
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Methods for Evaluating the Temperature Structure-Function Parameter Using Unmanned Aerial Systems and Large-Eddy Simulation by Wainwright, Charlotte E., Bonin, Timothy A., Chilson, Phillip B., Gibbs, Jeremy A., Fedorovich, Evgeni, Palmer, Robert D.

“…Small-scale turbulent fluctuations of temperature are known to affect the propagation of both electromagnetic and acoustic waves. Within the inertial-subrange…”
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Measurements of the Temperature Structure-Function Parameters with a Small Unmanned Aerial System Compared with a Sodar by Bonin, Timothy A., Goines, David C., Scott, Aaron K., Wainwright, Charlotte E., Gibbs, Jeremy A., Chilson, Phillip B.

“…The structure function is often used to quantify the intensity of spatial inhomogeneities within turbulent flows. Here, the Small Multifunction Research and…”
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Improvement of vertical velocity statistics measured by a Doppler lidar through comparison with sonic anemometer observations by Bonin, Timothy A, Newman, Jennifer F, Klein, Petra M, Chilson, Phillip B, Wharton, Sonia

“…Since turbulence measurements from Doppler lidars are being increasingly used within wind energy and boundary-layer meteorology, it is important to assess and…”
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Evaluation of single and multiple Doppler lidar techniques to measure complex flow during the XPIA field campaign by Choukulkar, Aditya, Brewer, W. Alan, Sandberg, Scott P, Weickmann, Ann, Bonin, Timothy A, Hardesty, R. Michael, Lundquist, Julie K, Delgado, Ruben, Iungo, G. Valerio, Ashton, Ryan, Debnath, Mithu, Bianco, Laura, Wilczak, James M, Oncley, Steven, Wolfe, Daniel

“…Accurate three-dimensional information of wind flow fields can be an important tool in not only visualizing complex flow but also understanding the underlying…”
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The Fires, Asian, and Stratospheric Transport–Las Vegas Ozone Study (FAST-LVOS) by Langford, Andrew O, Senff, Christoph J, Alvarez II, Raul J, Aikin, Ken C, Baidar, Sunil, Bonin, Timothy A, Brewer, W. Alan, Brioude, Jerome, Brown, Steven S, Burley, Joel D, Caputi, Dani J, Conley, Stephen A, Cullis, Patrick D, Decker, Zachary C. J, Evan, Stéphanie, Kirgis, Guillaume, Lin, Meiyun, Pagowski, Mariusz, Peischl, Jeff, Petropavlovskikh, Irina, Pierce, R. Bradley, Ryerson, Thomas B, Sandberg, Scott P, Sterling, Chance W, Weickmann, Ann M, Zhang, Li

“…The Fires, Asian, and Stratospheric Transport–Las Vegas Ozone Study (FAST-LVOS) was conducted in May and June of 2017 to study the transport of ozone (O3) to…”
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Improvement of vertical velocity statistics measured by a Doppler lidar through comparison with sonic anemometer observations by Bonin, Timothy A., Newman, Jennifer F., Klein, Petra M., Chilson, Phillip B., Wharton, Sonia

“…Since turbulence measurements from Doppler lidars are being increasingly used within wind energy and boundary-layer meteorology, it is important to assess and…”
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Observations of severe local storms and tornadoes with the atmospheric imaging radar: radar imaging data of severe local storms and tornadoes are presented at high spatial and temporal resolutions by Kurdzo, James M, Nai, Feng, Bodine, David J, Bonin, Timothy A, Palmer, Robert D, Cheong, Boon Leng, Lujan, Javier, Mahre, Andrew, Byrd, Andrew D

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