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Methodology for bulk approximation of the wind profile power-law exponent under stable stratification

✍ Scribed by N. M. Zoumakis; A. G. Kelessis

Publisher: Springer
Year: 1991
Tongue: English
Weight: 230 KB
Volume: 55
Category: Article
ISSN: 0006-8314
DOI: 10.1007/bf00119335

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✦ Synopsis

The variation of the wind profile power-law exponent (p) with respect to changes in atmospheric stability is depicted using the formulation of Ku et al. (1987) for specifying the Monin-Obukhov scaling length (L) under stable atmospheric conditions. The theoretical estimates for the bulk approximation of p as a function of L under stable conditions compare well with power-law exponent data from various sources and the theoretical analysis from Irwin (1979).