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Some aspects of the structure of the stably stratified atmospheric boundary layer

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Results of an analysis based on the Leipzig wind data are presented. The computed stress profiles and the proportionality constant in the inverse relationship between the non-dimensionalized stable boundary-layer height and the square root of the stability parameter seem to agree well with the model results of Businger and Arya (1974).

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    A. Sundararajan

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Sundararajan, A. Some aspects of the structure of the stably stratified atmospheric boundary layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 17, 133–139 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00121941

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