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A simple model for the diurnal variation of the mixing depth and transport flow

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A simple time-dependent numerical model of the depth of the layer of active, surface-based turbulent mixing is combined with the equations governing the wind and potential temperature at the top of this layer and averaged over it and with a force-restore soil temperature model. This results in a useful description of the diurnal behavior of the surface friction velocity, surface heat flux, and near surface temperature as well as the mixing depth and the transport wind. Comparisons with data from Day 33 of the Wangara experiment are favorable.

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  1. Meteorology and Assessment Division, Environmental Sciences Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 27711, Research Triangle Park, USA

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Binkowski, F.S. A simple model for the diurnal variation of the mixing depth and transport flow. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 27, 217–236 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00124999

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