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Streamwise heat flux budget in the atmospheric surface layer

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Atmospheric surface-layer measurements of terms in the equation for the streamwise heat flux confirm previous results in both laboratory and atmosphere that the temperature-pressure gradient correlation acts as a sink, approximately equal in magnitude to the production term. The measured viscous dissipation term is independent of stability and represents less than 10% of the production term over the range of experimental stability conditions. Models for the temperature-pressure gradient correlation are compared with the measurements.

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  1. CSIRO Division of Environmental Mechanics, 2600, Canberra, A.C.T., Australia

    E. F. Bradley

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Newcastle, 2308, Newcastle, N.S.W., Australia

    R. A. Antonia & A. J. Chambers

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Bradley, E.F., Antonia, R.A. & Chambers, A.J. Streamwise heat flux budget in the atmospheric surface layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 23, 3–15 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00116109

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