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With observational data collected and interpreted by Crane et al. (1977), the adequacy of the O'Brien polynomial to represent the exchange profile of heat and pollution in a convective boundary layer is examined and a refinement suggested. Also, it is shown that the height of the surface layer, h=0.04 z i , developed by Blackadar and Tennekes (1968) for a neutrally stratified boundary layer (with z z =0.25u */f) appears to be equally valid for the convective boundary layer where z i , defined as the top of the mixed layer, is used.
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Dept. of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State Univresity.
Professor Emeritus, Pennsylvania State University.
Paper prepared while a Visiting Professor at the Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University.
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Pielke, R.A., Panofsky, H.A. & Segal, M. A suggested refinement for O'Brien's convective boundary layer Eddy exchange coefficient formulation. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 26, 191–195 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00121542
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00121542