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Internal boundary layer growth following a step change in surface roughness

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The testing of a simple correlation for the height of the internal layer, found from dimensional analysis, is described. It is shown that the internal layer is controlled by the larger of the upstream and downstream roughness length scales.

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Wood, D.H. Internal boundary layer growth following a step change in surface roughness. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 22, 241–244 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00118257

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