Thermals at central Anatolia, Turkey

Abstract

By employing the measurements obtained during the flight of a glider which is well equipped with meteorological sensors, some information was obtained about the lower troposphere and in particular about the atmospheric boundary layer which may be extended up to 1500 meters due to thermal instability.... It was possible to investigate the vertical and horizontal components of air velocity, relative humidity and temperature corrected for space and temporal variations. The influence of the development of convection have been evaluated...