Measurement : Friction velocity
A measure of the surface stress reflecting the effects of surface roughness and wind velocity.
Categories
Surface Properties
Instruments
The above measurement is considered scientifically relevant for the following instruments. Refer to the datastream (netcdf) file headers of each instrument for a list of all available measurements, including those recorded for diagnostic or quality assurance purposes.
- ARM Instruments
- External Instruments
- NCEPGFS : National Centers for Environment Prediction Global Forecast System
- Field Campaign Instruments
Datastreams
- NCEPGFS : National Centers for Environment Prediction Global Forecast System Datastreams
- NCEPGFSSFC : NCEP GFS: surface variables
- NCEPGFSNAUSFC : NCEP GFS: flux variables at Nauru
- NCEPGFSMANSFC : NCEP GFS: surface variables at Manus
- NCEPGFSBRWSFC : NCEP GFS: surface variables at Barrow
- NCEPGFSDARSFC : NCEP GFS: surface variables at Darwin
- NCEPGFSATKSFC : NCEP GFS: surface variables at Atqasuk
- CO2FLX : Carbon Dioxide Flux Measurement Systems Datastreams
- 30CO2FLX4M : Eddy Correlation CO2 Flux Data: 4 m samples, 30-min stats
- 30CO2FLX60M : Eddy Correlation CO2 Flux Data: 60 m samples, 30-min avg
- 30CO2FLX25M : Eddy Correlation CO2 Flux Data: 25 m samples, 30-min stats
- 30CO2FLX4MMET : Eddy Correlation CO2 Flux Data: 4 m samples, meteorological data, 30-min stats
- ECOR : Eddy Correlation Flux Measurement System Datastreams
- 30ECOR : ECOR: surface vertical fluxes of momentum, sensible heat, and latent heat, 30-min avg
