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Publications

• Lothon, M., and D. H. Lenschow, 2010, Studying the afternoon transition of the planetary boundary layer, Eos Trans. AGU, 91(29), 253-254.
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• Van Driel, R. and Jonker, H.J.J, 2011: Convective Boundary Layers driven by Non-Stationary Surface Heat Fluxes, J. Atmos. Sci, 68, 727-738.
   
• Lothon, M., 2011: La campagne de mesures BLLAST: quand l’atmosphère s’endort…, La Météorologie, 8e série, 74, 6.
   
• The Small Unmanned Meteorological Observer SUMO: recent developments and applications of a Micro-UAS for atmospheric boundary layer research, Joachim Reuder, Marius O. Jonassen and Haraldur Olafsson, Acta Geophysica, Volume 60, Number 5 (2012), DOI:10.2478/s11600-012-0042-8
   
• Garai A., J. Kleissl, E. Pardyjak, G.-J. Steeneveld, 2013: Surface temperature and surface layer turbulence in a convective boundary layer, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, DOI 10.1007/s10546-013-9803-4
   
• A. Graf , J. Werner , M. Langensiepen , A. Van de Boer , M. Schmidt , M. Kupisch , H. Vereecken , 2013 : Validation of a minimum microclimate disturbance chamber for net ecosystem flux measurements. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 174-175, 1-14
   
• Legain D., O. Bousquet, T. Douffet, D. Tzanos, E. Moulin, J. Barrie, and J.-B. Renard, 2013 : High frequency boundary layer profiling with reusable radiosondes. Atmos. Meas. Tech. Discuss., 6, 3339-3365.
   
• Blay-Carreras, E., Pino, D., Van de Boer, A., De Coster, O., Darbieu, C., Hartogensis, O., Lohou, F., Lothon, M., Pietersen, H., and Vilà-Guerau de Arellano, J.: Role of the residual layer and large-scale subsidence on the development and evolution of the convective boundary layer, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 13, 31527-31562, doi:10.5194/acpd-13-31527-2013, 2013
• M.Lothon, F. Lohou, D. Pino, F. Couvreux, E. R. Pardyjak, J. Reuder, J. Vilà-Guerau de Arellano, P. Durand, O. Hartogensis, D. Legain, P. Augustin, B. Gioli, I. Faloona, C. Yagüe et al. : The BLLAST field experiment: Boundary-Layer Late Afternoon and Sunset Turbulence. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 10931-10960, 2014. doi:10.5194/acp-14-10931-2014
• Jimenez, M. A. and J. Cuxart: A study of the nocturnal flows generated in the north side of the Pyrenees. Atmos. Res., 145-146, 244-254
• Román-Cascón, C., C. Yagüe, S. Viana, G. Maqueda, M. Lothon, I. Gòmara : Near monochromatic ducted gravity waves associated with a convective system close to the Pyrénées. In press in Quart. J Roy. Meteorol. Soc., DOI: 10.1002/qj.2441 , 2014
• Blay-Carreras, E., E. R. Pardyjak, D. Pino, D. C. Alexander, F. Lohou, and M. Lothon : Countergradient heat flux observations during the evening transition period, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 14, 9077-9085, 2014
• Pietersen, H., J. Vilà-Guerau de Arellano, P. Augustin, O. de Coster, H. Delbarre, P. Durand, M. Fourmentin, B. Gioli, O. Hartogensis, M. Lothon, F. Lohou, D. Pino, H. G. Ouwersloot, J. Reuder, and A. van de Boer : Study of a prototypical convective boundary layer observed during BLLAST: contributions by large-scale forcings. Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 14, 19247-19291, 2014. DOI:10.5194/acpd-14-19247-2014
• Angevine, W. M., E. Bazile, D. Legain, and D. Pino : Land surface spinup for episodic modeling Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 8165-8172, 2014
• Darbieu, C., F. Lohou, M. Lothon, J. Vilà-Guerau de Arellano, F. Couvreux, P. Durand, D. Pino, E. G. Patton, E. Nilsson, E. Blay-Carreras, and B. Gioli: Turbulence vertical structure of the boundary layer during the afternoon transition, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 10071-10086, doi:10.5194/acp-15-10071-2015, 2015
• A. van de Boer, A. F. Moene, A. Graf, D. Schuettemeyer and C. Simmer : Detection of Entrainment Influences on Surface-Layer Measurements and Extension of Monin-Obukhov Similarity Theory. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 152, 19-44 , 2014
• Blay-Carreras,E., E. R. Pardyjak, D. Pino, S. W. Hoch, J. Cuxart, D. Martínez, and J. Reuder : Lifted temperature minimum during the atmospheric evening transition. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 6981-6991, 2015
• Román-Cascón, C., C. Yagüe, L. Mahrt, M. Sastre, G. J. Steeneveld, E. Pardyjak, A. van de Boer, and O. Hartogensis : Interactions among drainage flows, gravity waves and turbulence: a BLLAST case study. Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 15, 12821-12865, 2015
• Sastre, M., C. Yagüe, C. Román-Cascón, G. Maqueda, 2015: Atmospheric Boundary-Layer Evening Transitions: A Comparison Between Two Different Experimental Sites. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, DOI 10.1007/s10546-015-0065-1
• Nilsson, E., F. Lohou, M. Lothon, E. Pardyjak, L. Mahrt, and C. Darbieu: Turbulence Kinetic Energy budget during the afternoon transition – Part 1: Observed surface TKE budget and boundary layer description for 10 intensive observation period days, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 8849-8872, doi:10.5194/acp-16-8849-2016, 2016
• Nilsson, E. M. Lothon, F. Lohou, E. Pardyjak, O. Hartogensis, and C. Darbieu: Turbulence Kinetic Energy budget during the afternoon transition – Part 2: A simple TKE model, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 8873-8898, doi:10.5194/acp-16-8873-2016, 2016
• Canut, G., Couvreux, F., Lothon, M., Legain, D., Piguet, B., Lampert, A., and Moulin, E.: Turbulence measurements with a tethered balloon, Atmos. Meas. Tech. Discuss., doi:10.5194/amt-2015-386, in review, 2016
• Cuxart, J., Wrenger, B., Martínez-Villagrasa, D., Reuder, J., Jonassen, M.O., Jiménez, M.A., Lothon, M., Lohou, F., Hartogensis, O., Dünnermann, J., Conangla, L., and Garai, A.: Estimation of the advection effects induced by surface heterogeneities in the surface energy budget, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 9489-9504, doi:10.5194/acp-16-9489-2016, 2016
• Reuder, J., L. Båserud, M. O. Jonassen, S. T. Kral and M. Müller: Exploring the potential of the RPA system SUMO for multipurpose boundary-layer missions during the BLLAST campaign, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 2675-2688, doi:10.5194/amt-9-2675-2016, 2016
• Rottner, L., Baehr, C., Couvreux, F., Canut, G., and Rieutord, T.: A new downscaling method for sub-grid turbulence modeling, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., doi:10.5194/acp-2015-1015, in review, 2016
• Englberger, A. and Dörnbrack, A., 2016: The impact of the diurnal cycle of the atmospheric boundary layer on physical variables relevant for wind energy applications. Submitted to Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions
• Båserud, L., J. Reuder, M. O. Jonassen, S.T. Kral, M. Bakhoday Paskyabi, and M. Lothon, 2016: Proof of concept for turbulence measurements with the RPAS SUMO during the BLLAST campaign. Submitted to Atmospheric Measurement Technique Discussions
• Couvreux, F., E. Bazile, G. Canut, Y. Seity, M. Lothon, F. Lohou, F. Guichard, E. Nilsson, 2016: Boundary-layer turbulent processes and mesoscale variability represented by numerical weather prediction models during the BLLAST campaign, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 8983-9002, doi:10.5194/acp-16-8983-2016, 2016
• Lampert, A., F. Pätzold, M. A. Jiménez, L. L., Sabrina Martin, G. Lohmann, G. Canut, D. Legain, J. Bange, D. Martinez-Villagrasa, and J. Cuxart: A study of local turbulence and anisotropy during the afternoon and evening transition with an unmanned aerial system and mesoscale simulation, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 8009-8021, doi:10.5194/acp-16-8009-2016, 2016
• Guylaine Canut, Fleur Couvreux, Marie Lothon, Dominique Legain, Bruno Piguet, Astrid Lampert, William Maurel, and Eric Moulin Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4375-4386, doi:10.5194/amt-9-4375-2016, 2016
• Kooijmans L. M. and O. K. Hartogensis, 2016: Surface-Layer Similarity Functions for Dissipation Rate and Structure Parameters of Temperature and Humidity Based on Eleven Field ExperimentsBoundary-Layer Meteorology, 160, 501-527.
• Hackerott A. J., M. Bakhoday Paskyabi, J. Reuder, A. P. de Oliveira, S. T. Kral, E. P. Marques Filho, M. dos Santos Mesquita, R. de Camargo, 2017: A Surface-Layer Study of the Transport and Dissipation of Turbulent Kinetic Energy and the Variances of Temperature, Humidity and CO2, Boundary Layer Meteorology
• Saïd, F., Campistron, B., and Di Girolamo, P.: High-resolution humidity profiles retrieved from wind profiler radar measurements, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 1669-1688, doi:10.5194/amt-11-1669-2018, 2018.
• Yus-Diez, J., Udina, M., Soler, M. R., Lothon, M., Nilsson, E., Bech, J., and Sun, J.: Nocturnal boundary layer turbulence regimes analysis during the BLLAST campaign, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 9495–9514, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-9495-2019, 2019.
• El Guernaoui, O., J. Reuder, I. Esau, T. Wolf, B Maronga, 2019: Scaling the Decay of Turbulence Kinetic Energy in the Free-Convective Boundary Layer, 2020: Boundary-Layer Meteorology (2019) 173:79–97. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-019-00458-z
• Baserud, L., J. Reuder, M. O. Jonassen, T. A. Bonin, P. B. Chilson, M. A. Jimenez, P. Durand, 2020: Potential and Limitations in Estimating Sensible-Heat-Flux Profiles from Consecutive Temperature Profiles Using Remotely-Piloted Aircraft Systems. Boundary-Layer Meteorology (2020) 174:145–177, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-019-00478-9

PhD thesis

• Blay-Carreras, E. : Transitional periods of the atmospheric boundary layer. University of Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain
• Jonassen, M.O. : Local- and Mesoscale Variability of Winds in the Complex Topography of Southwestern Norway and Iceland. University of Bergen, Norway
• Van de Boer, A. : Atmospheric turbulence over crops. Wageningen University, The Netherlands
• Darbieu, C. : Processus turbulents dans la couche limite atmosphérique pendant la transition d’après-midi. University of Toulouse, France
• Sastre Marugán M.: Afternoon and evening transitions in the atmospheric boundary layer: observational and numerical analysis. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
• Román Cascón, C.: Radiation fog, gravity waves and their interactions with turbulence in the atmospheric boundary layer. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
• Rottner L.: Reconstruction de l’atmosphère turbulente à partir d’un lidar Doppler 3D et étude du couplage avec Mes-NH. Université de Toulouse, France

Related publications

• Nadeau D. F., Eric R. Pardyjak, ChadW. Higgins, 2011: A Simple Model for the Afternoon and Early Evening
  Decay of Convective Turbulence Over Different Land Surfaces. Boundary Layer Meteorol., 141, 301-324.

Reports

• IOP summary, by D. Pino and J. Vila Guerau de Arellano
• Day-by-day description of the IOPs, by E Blay-Carreras
• Day-by-day analysis of synotic and meteorological conditions, by E. Nilsson
• UHF site1/site2 comparison by Campistron, Donier, Saïd et al.
• « Surface flux uniform process », Henk Pietersen and Olivier de Coster, Master report
• « Shallow drainage flow », by Lisanne Nauta, Master Thesis report
• « Experimental analysis of the Monin-Obukhov similarity theory in the lower surface layer », by Maren Haid. Bachelor thesis report
• « Numerical Simulation of Diurnal Planetary Boundary Layer Effects and Diurnal Mountain-Wind Effects », by Robin Isaksson, student project report
• « Investigations on the External Forcings acting on the Convective Boundary Layer during the BLLAST Campaign by the CLASS Model », by Andrew Walter Seidl, Master thesis report
• « Summary table of the flux profile analysis based on SUMO frequent profiles », by Line Baserud

UAS reports

• BLLAST_UAS_COST-es0802_report_20110802_Wildmann.pdf
• BLLAST_UAS_COST-es0802_STSM-report_20110726_Molinos.pdf
• BLLAST_UAS_COST-es0802_STSM-report_20110729_Martin.pdf
• BLLAST_UAS_COST-es0802_STSM-report_20110815_Jonassen.pdf
• BLLAST_UAS_COST-es0802_WG3-report_20110828_Reuder.pdf
• « Investigating the potential of turbulence measurements with the RPAS SUMO », Line Baserud, Master report.

Presentations

EGU 2015

• C. Román-Cascón, C. Yagüe, M. Sastre, L. Mahrt, G.J. Steeneveld, A. van de Boer, G. Maqueda, J.A. Arrillaga: Interactions among gravity waves, shallow drainage flows and turbulence in the stable boundary layer
• M. Sastre, C. Yagüe, C. Román-Cascón, G. Maqueda, J.A. Arrillaga: The atmospheric boundary layer evening transitions: an observational and numerical study from two different datasets

AGU 2014

• Faloona, I., Lothon M. and Lohou, F. : Horizontal Divergence and Vertical Velocity Adjacent to the Pyrenees Measured During the Boundary Layer Late Afternoon & Sunset Turbulence (BLLAST) Experiment. AGU Fall meeting, 15-19 December 2014, San Franciso, CA, USA.

Proc. of the 21^th Symposium on Boundary-Layers and Turbulence, 9-13 June 2014, Leeds, UK.

• Cuxart J., B. Wrenger, J. Duennermann, D. Martinez, M. A. Jimenez, L. Conangla, J. Reuder, M. O. Jonassen, M. Lothon, F. Saïd, and F. Lohou : Sub-kilometric heterogeneity effects on the surface energy budget in BLLAST’11.
• Jimenez M. A., W. M. Angevine, E. Bazile, F. Couvreux, J. Cuxart, D. Pino, and M. Sastre: An intercomparison of mesoscale simulations during the Boundary Layer Late Afternoon and Sunset Turbulence (BLLAST) experimental field campaign.
• Darbieu C., F. Lohou, M. Lothon, F. Couvreux, D. Pino, P. Durand, E. Blay, and J. Vilà: Evolution of the turbulence during the afternoon transition of the convective boundary layer: a spectral analysis.
• Nilsson, M. Lothon, F. Lohou, C. Darbieu, E. Pardyjak and L. Mahrt: Wind direction shifts, gradients, variances and variability during BLLAST
• Sastre M., C. Yagüe, C. Romàn-Cascòn, and G. Maqueda: Study of the atmospheric boundary layer evening transitions using two different datasets: An observational and numerical approach.
• Van de Boer A., F. Moene, A. Graf, C. Simmer, and A. A. M. Holtslag: Estimation of optical turbulence with standard weather-station observations.
• Romàn-Cascòn C., C. Yagüe, S. Viana Sr., M. Sastre, G. Maqueda, M. Lothon, and I. Gòmara Sr.: Observational analysis of gravity waves associated with a convective system near the Pyrenees during the BLLAST campaign.
• Sastre M., G. J. Steeneveld, C. Yagüe, C. Romàn-Cascòn, and G. Maqueda: WRF sensitivity to boundary-layer and land-surface schemes during the evening transition: validation with BLLAST case study.
• Canut G., and D. Legain, B. Piguet, E. Moulin, and D. Tzanos: The eddy-covariance method applied in a tethered-balloon.

EGU General Assembly, 28 April, 2 May 2014.

• Cuxart, J., B. Wrenger, M. A. Jiménez, J. Dünnermann, J. Reuder, M. Jonassen, D. Martinez, L. Conangla, and M. Lothon: Evaluation of the effect of the sub-kilometric scale terrain heterogeneities in the surface energy budget through observations and numerical modelling.
• Jimenez, M. A., W. M. Angevine, E. Bazile, F. Couvreux, J. Cuxart, D. Pino, and M. Sastre: An intercomparison of mesoscale simulations during the Boundary Layer Late Afternoon and Sunset Turbulence (BLLAST) experimental field campaign.
• Couvreux, F., E. Bazile, Y. Seity, M. Lothon, F. Guichard, G. Canut, F. Lohou, H. Pietersen, and D. Legain: Representation of the afternoon transition in Numerical Weather Prediction models: evaluation with BLLAST data.
• Nilsson, E., M. Lothon, F. Lohou, and L. Mahrt: Wind direction variability in Afternoon and Sunset Turbulence.
• M. Lothon et al.: The Boundary Layer Late Afternoon and Sunset Turbulence Project.
• Sastre, M., G.-J. Steeneveld, C. Yagüe, C. Romàn-Cascön, and G. Maqueda: WRF tests on sensitivity to PBL and LSM schemes during atmospheric transition periods: validation with BLLAST case study.

EMS 2014

• M. Sastre, G.J. Steeneveld, C. Yagüe, C. Román-Cascón, G. Maqueda: Boundary-layer and land-surface schemes in WRF for the evening transition during the BLLAST campaign
• C. Román-Cascón, C. Yagüe, S. Viana, M. Sastre, G. Maqueda, M. Lothon, I. Gómara: Near-monochromatic ducted gravity waves associated with a convective system close to the Pyrenees

EGU 2013

• M. Sastre, G.J. Steeneveld, C. Yagüe, C. Román-Cascón, G. Maqueda, A. van de Boer: WRF simulations of the atmospheric boundary layer evening transitions during the BLLAST field campaign

EGU 2012

• M. Sastre, C. Yagüe, C. Román-Cascón, G. Maqueda, S. Viana: Characterization of evening atmospheric boundary layer transitions from a sonic anemometer and an array of microbarometers during the BLLAST field campaign
• C. Román-Cascón, C. Yagüe, M. Sastre, G. Maqueda: Pressure fluctuations associated to rainy days during BLLAST campaign

WINABL 2012

• C. Yagüe, C. Román-Cascón, M. Sastre, S. Viana, G. Maqueda, M. Lothon, J. Reuder, F. Saïd, J. Cuxart: Observations of wave-like motions from the BLLAST 2011 field campaign

Proc. of the 20^thSymposium on Boundary-Layers and Turbulence, 9-13 July 2012, Boston, MA, USA.

• Reuder, J., M. O. Jonassen and L. Båserud. Turbulence measurements with the micro-UAS SUMO – Technical developments and first applications
• Lothon, M., F. Lohou, P. Durand, F. Couvreux Sr., O. K. Hartogensis, D. Legain, E. Pardyjak, D. Pino, J. Reuder, J. Vilà Guerau de Arellano et al. : The Boundary Layer Late Afternoon and Sunset Turbulence 2011 field experiment.
• Gibert, F., A. Dumas, L. Thobois, Y. Bezombes, G. J. Koch, A. M. Dabas, and M. Lothon : Afternoon transition turbulence decay revisited by Doppler Lidar.
• Blay, E., D. Pino, J. Vilà, A. van de Boer, O. de Coster, I. Faloona, O. Garrouste, O. K. Hartogensis, M. Jonassen, D. Legain, F. Lohou, M. Lothon, H. Pietersen, C. Román-Cascón, J. Reuder, F. Said, M. Sastre, O. Traulle, and C. Yagüe : Role of residual layer and large-scale phenomena on the evolution of the boundary layer.
• Pietersen, H. P., J. Vila-Guerau de Arellano, O. de Coster, A. van de Boer, O. Hartogensis, D. Pino, B. Gioli, P. Durand, M. Lothon, F. Lohou, J. Reuder, M. Jonassen, and I. Faloona :On the role of large-scale forcings on the development of the atmospheric boundary layer during the BLLAST field campaign.
• Garai, A., J. Kleissl, M. Lothon, F. Lohou, E. Pardyjak, F. Saïd, J. Cuxart, G. J. Steeneveld, C. Yagüe, S. Derrien, D. Alexander, and D. M. Villagrasa : High frequency ground temperature fluctuation in a Convective Boundary Layer.
• Couvreux, F., E. Bazile, Y. Seity, B. Szintai, F. Guichard, M. Lothon, D. Legain, J. Reuder, H. Pietersen, and O. de Coster: Representation of the Afternoon Transition in Numerical Weather Prediction Models: Evaluation with BLLAST Data .
• Sastre, M., C. Yagüe, C. Román-Cascón, G. Maqueda, M. Lothon, and F. Saïd : Pressure perturbations and multi-scale analysis in the atmospheric boundary layer at the afternoon and evening transition during the BLLAST campaign.
• Darbieu, C., F. Lohou, M. Lothon, D. Alexander, G. Canut, O. de Coster, S. Derrien, C. Dione, P. Durand, D. Legain, E. Pardyjak, H. Pietersen, B. Piguet, E. Pique, and O. Traullé : Turbulent kinetic energy decay in the late afternoon over heterogeneous surface.
• Román-Cascón, C., C. Yagüe, M. Sastre, and G. Maqueda Radiation Fog Case Study: Observational Analysis and WRF Modeling.

Others

• Lothon et al, EMS 2011: The BLLAST field experiment
• Couvreux et al, ECMWF workshop 2011: The BLLAST field experiment
• Alexander et al, AGU 2011: « Investigation of the decay over forest during the BLLAST experiment »
• Pardyjak et al, poster at the 2011 AGU: First results from the surface heterogeneity focus area of the Boundary Layer Late Afternoon and Sunset Turbulence (BLLAST) Experiment.
• Pino et al, EGU 2012: The BLLAST experiment
• Lohmann G., S. Martin, A. Lampert, P. Vorsmann, EMS 2012 :UAS Measurements of the Boundary Layer Late Afternoon Transition.
• Blay, E., E. Pardyjak, D. Pino, M. Lothon, and F. Lohou, EGU 2013: An investigation of the failure of flux gradient theory during the evening transition period.
• Canut, G., L. Thobois, A. DAbas, M. Renaudier, D. Legain, A. Bizard, ISARS 2014: Evaluation of the turbulence measured by Doppler lidar with sonic anemometer and atmospheric numerical models.
• Baserud L., J. Reuder , S. Kral, M. Jonassen and M. Lothon , 2015:Turbulence measurements from the RPAS SUMO during BLLAST. Third ISARRA conference, Norman, Oklahoma, 20-22 May 2015