A nine-by-nine jet array impinging on a flat and dimpled plate at Reynolds numbers from 15,000 to 35,000 has been studied by the transient liquid crystal method. The distance between the impingement plate and target plate is adjusted to be 3, 4 and 5 jet diameters. Three jet-induced crossflow schemes, referred as minimum, medium and maximum crossflow correspondingly, have been measured. The local air jet temperature is measured at several positions on the impingement plate to account for an appropriate reference temperature of the heat transfer coefficient. The heat transfer results of the dimpled plate are compared with those of the flat plate. The best heat transfer performance is obtained with the minimum crossflow and narrow jet-to-plate spacing no matter on a flat or dimpled plate. The presence of dimples on the target plate produce higher heat transfer coefficients than the flat plate for maximum and minimum crossflow. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.