Atmospheric boundary layer dynamics over an Acadian forest

Temperate forests play an important role for regional climates through their exchange of heat and water vapor with the atmosphere. How heat and water vapor affect the near-surface climate is linked to the diurnal growth and decline of the atmospheric boundary layer. The objective of the project is to understand how the atmospheric boundary layer responds to heat fluxes with a ceilometer and radiosonde soundings over the mixed Acadia Research Forest in New Brunswick during the growing season. This will provide the intern understanding on how atmospheric observation campaigns are planned and executed and how collected field data is processed and analyzed.

Faculty Supervisor:

Manuel Helbig

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Partner:

Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Environmental Science and Technology; Forestry; Sustainability & the Environment

University:

Dalhousie University

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