Boundary-Layer Meteorology

, Volume 12, Issue 2, pp 171–186 | Cite as

Turbulent transfer at the ground: On verification of a simple predictive model

  • Peter H. Schuepp
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Abstract

Observations on heat transfer from ground-based plates and evaporation from free water surfaces in the laboratory and in the field are compared with predictions from a simple model. The model relates the convective transfer coefficient (or boundary-layer resistance) at any point on a surface to the momentum transfer (friction velocity) in the boundary layer immediately above it and should be applicable to practically any soil surface, open or vegetated.

Heat-transfer data showed a standard deviation of 25%; between predictions and observations. Evaporation data provided only order-of-magnitude confirmation of the model because of uncertainty in effective water vapor density above small free-water surfaces.

Keywords

Heat Transfer Boundary Layer Water Vapor Transfer Coefficient Predictive Model 
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© D. Reidel Publishing Company 1977

Authors and Affiliations

  • Peter H. Schuepp
    • 1
  1. 1.Macdonald CampusMcGill UniversityMontrealCanada

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