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On eddy convection velocity in the atmospheric boundary layer

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Lumley's model is extended to predict the effect of convection velocity fluctuations on eddy convection velocity for the high-frequency region of the longitudinal, transverse and scalar phase spectra in the atmospheric boundary layer. The resulting model predicts that the eddy convection velocity will be higher than the mean wind speed. The increase over the mean wind speed is largest for the longitudinal spectrum.

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  1. Environmental Science Department, General Motors Research Laboratories, Warren, Mich., USA

    David P. Chock

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Chock, D.P. On eddy convection velocity in the atmospheric boundary layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 14, 397–402 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00121048

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