The analysis incorporated new observations of vertical profiles in the ABL from six meteorological stations in the Gulf of Mexico. These stations include 915-MHz radar wind profilers (RWP), 2-KHz Radio Acoustic Sounding Systems (RASS), and surface meteorological stations. Two stations collected ABL data for three years from May 1998 through October 2001, and four stations collected data from September 2000 through October 2001. The RWPs and RASS measure winds and virtual temperatures (Tv), respectively, from near the surface to heights of a few kilometers, and the surface stations measure...
The analysis incorporated new observations of vertical profiles in the ABL from six meteorological stations in the Gulf of Mexico. These stations incl...