Aircraft Measurements Of The Marine Surface Layer Refractive Index During The Taps Campaign

This paper describes some of the airborne atmospheric measurements, within the atmospheric surface layer, undertaken during the TAPS field campaign. A hybrid (flux –Bulk) model for refractivity is outlined which makes suitable use of the aircraft data. The model provides the evaporation duct structure over the regions where the aircraft was flown, providing a 3D spatial and temporal description of surface layer refractivity.