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Coastal-urban boundary-layer and convection observations around Houston (ARM TRACER)

Field

A year of ARM Mobile Facility observations around Houston, aimed at sea-breeze convection and aerosol–cloud interaction, with Doppler lidar, soundings, flux and tethered-balloon data on the coastal urban boundary layer. Free ARM account needed.

Resource

Measurements

Method

Field

Geometry

City scale

Topic

Urban boundary layer

Quantities

Wind profile, Boundary-layer height, Temperature, Humidity, Heat flux, Radiation

Instrument

Lidar, Radiosonde, Eddy covariance, Weather station

Location

Houston (La Porte), United States

Year

2022

Licence

CC BY 4.0 (ARM data policy; acknowledgement required)

Creators

Michael Jensen

Institution

DOE Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility; Brookhaven National Laboratory

Linked publications

Papers that describe or use this resource. If you use it, cite these.

• A Succession of Cloud, Precipitation, Aerosol, and Air Quality Field Experiments in the Coastal Urban Environment (2022)
• Studying Aerosol, Clouds, and Air Quality in the Coastal Urban Environment of Southeastern Texas (2025)

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