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Flux parameterization for atmospheric-diffusion models in an industrialized area

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We applied the profile iterative method proposed by Van Ulden and Holtslag to the Ravenna industrial area, in order to evaluate the Monin-Obukhov length scale from simple meteorological data and with the purpose of making a stability classification using the Similarity Theory now accessible for air pollution models. Moreover, we investigated the relationship between the Monin-Obukhov length and Pasquill-Gifford stability classes, comparing our results with those of Golder who defined a correspondence for a wide range of terrain roughness values.

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Tirabassi, T., Rizza, U. Flux parameterization for atmospheric-diffusion models in an industrialized area. Il Nuovo Cimento C 16, 187–194 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02507303

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