atmosphere_obukhov_length

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Created: 6 Nov 2023
Proposer: Nathan Anderson
Proposed Date: 2023-02-01
Change Date: 6 Nov 2023, 4:56 p.m.
atmospheric_obukhov_stability_height m [ULAA]
Change Date: 6 Nov 2023, 4:56 p.m.
atmospheric_obukhov_stability_height m [ULAA]
The height in the atmosphere, L, that buoyant production or destruction of turbulent energy balances the shear production of turbulent kinetic energy: L = -u*3 / (kB0), where u* is the wind frictional velocity, k is the von Karman constant, and B0 is the atmospheric surface buoyancy flux. If the buoyancy flux is destabilizing, L is negative.
Change Date: 6 Nov 2023, 4:57 p.m.
atmosphere_obukhov_length m [ULAA] P07 id: 3DN55MN7
The height in the atmosphere, L, that buoyant production or destruction of turbulent energy balances the shear production of turbulent kinetic energy: L = -u*3 / (kB0), where u* is the wind frictional velocity, k is the von Karman constant, and B0 is the atmospheric surface buoyancy flux. If the buoyancy flux is destabilizing, L is negative.

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