Title: Vandenberg Boundary Layer Survey (VBLS)
Description: VBLS consisted of a set of three experiments at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. during 1988 to      study characteristics of the atmospheric boundary layer over complex terrain during sea      breeze conditions. This report consists of two sections. The section labelled as Results      contains an analysis and interpretation of data. The Appendix section contains details of      measurement techniques and a variety of charts and tables summarizing and supplementing the      data set. Results indicate that characteristic surface roughness lengths range from .01 to .19 m,      not accounting for large scale topography. The surface heat flux was not a strong function of      location, and primarily depended on solar insolation as described by time and cloud over. The      base was divided into four regions based on topography, and probabilities of boundary layer      depth was examined of its dependence upon terrain height and slope, boundary layer stability,      and inversion strength. Terrain height was most important. Large variations in boundary layer      characteristics near the stratus edge were also observed. (jhd)
Subjects: ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS, BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW, DATA  BASES TOPOGRAPHY