[A-TT41] [EJ] Operational Meteorological & Oceanographic Forecasting for Military, Government, Industry

[ATT41-P05] Climate Above Ground : Redux

*Aji John¹、Kevin Xu²、Angela Xu³ (1.University of Washington、2.University of California, Berkeley、3.University of California, San Diego)

Climate above ground (CAG) has been actively studied since Rudolf Geiger’s original manuscript in 1940. Most of the CAG studies employ use of measurement apparatuses at a height of >1 meter or simply rely on data collected from meteorological weather stations. There is a serious gap in understanding of climate within the first meter above ground. We have designed and deployed a sensor module equipped with temperature sensors evenly spaced between 0.16 meters and 1 meter above ground. We visualized the temperature variations at various heights, and compared the readings with readings made at a height of 1.2 meters, a commonly used height for temperature readings in the literature. We attest to the past findings of "nocturnal raised minimum".