Turbulence Structure and Transfer Characteristics in the Surface Layer of the HEIFE Gobi Area

Abstract

A peculiar downward water vapor flux was observed over the Gobi desert in the daytime on the fine days of test observations of HEIFE in 1988 and 1991. However, further analysis of the characteristics of the turbulence structure over the Gobi desert has revealed that they are in good agreement with surface layer similarity theory and also with other observations in the past.