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A verification of an analytical formula for estimating the height of the stable internal boundary layer

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A stable thermal internal boundary layer (IBL) develops when warm air is advected from warmer land upstream to a cooler sea downstream. It is shown that the analytical model for estimating the height (h) of this stable IBL as formulated by Garratt (1987) is verified. It is also demonstrated that a simpler equation, % MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafeart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr% 4rNCHbGeaGqiVu0Je9sqqrpepC0xbbL8F4baFfea0dXde9vqpa0lb9% cq0dXdb9IqFHe9FjuP0-iq0dXdbba9pe0lb9hs0dXda91qaq-xfr-x% fj-hmeGabaqaciGacaGaaeqabaWaaeaaeaaakeaacaWGObGaeyisIS% RaaGymaiaaiAdacaWGybWaaWbaaSqabeaadaWcgaqaaiaaigdaaeaa% caaIYaaaaaaaaaa!390B!\[h \approx 16X^{{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}} \] (where h is in meters and X, the fetch downwind, is in kilometers), is useful operationally as a first approximation.

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  1. Coastal Studies Institute, Louisiana State University, 70803, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

    S. A. Hsu

  2. Department of Geology and Geophysics, School of Geoscience, Louisiana State University, 70803, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

    S. A. Hsu

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Hsu, S.A. A verification of an analytical formula for estimating the height of the stable internal boundary layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 48, 197–201 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00121790

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