Abstract
Abstract Data from the 1973 Minnesota atmospheric boundary layer experiment are used to investigate details of the turbulence kinetic energy budget in convective conditions. Surface layer results are presented in nondimensional form and compared with conclusions from earlier Kansas data. Above the surface layer the terms are nondimensionalized using mixed layer similarity length and velocity scales and compared with indications from other recent experiments.
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TurbulenceConvective Boundary LayerBoundary layerTurbulence kinetic energyKinetic energyConvectionMeteorologyPlanetary boundary layerEnergy budgetMixed layerSurface layerAtmospheric sciencesSimilarity (geometry)MechanicsLayer (electronics)Environmental sciencePhysicsThermodynamicsMaterials scienceComputer scienceClassical mechanics
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- 1979
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- 105
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- 443
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- 231-239
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- 63
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S. J. Caughey,
J. C. Wyngaard
(1979).
The turbulence kinetic energy budget in convective conditions.
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
, 105
(443)
, 231-239.
https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.49710544315
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- 10.1002/qj.49710544315