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Physick et al. (1989) have discussed some difficulties associated with simulation of the sea-breeze thermal internal boundary layer (TIBL), using a numerical model containing a profile exchange coefficient formulation developed by O'Brien (1970). They suggested that a closure scheme based on a prediction of turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) would be able to resolve the TIBL better than a profile scheme. This Research Note reports simulations of the case discussed in I, using a numerical model with a TKE-based turbulence closure.
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Arritt, R.W., Physick, W.L. Formulation of the thermal internal boundary layer in a mesoscale model. II. Simulations with a level-2.5 turbulence closure. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 49, 411–416 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00123652
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