The Extrapolation of Vertical Profiles of Wind Speed within the Marine Atmospheric Surface layer Using thepFormula
- 1 February 1988
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
- Vol. 27 (2) , 174-181
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(1988)027<0174:teovpo>2.0.co;2
Abstract
Values of p for the exponent-type wind profile formulation, used in vertical extrapolations of wind speed, were derived for the marine atmospheric surface layer. Nomograms were constructed providing p values as dependent on a single elevation measurement of the air temperature, wind speed, and the surface water temperature. The range of p values in the unstable surface layer is between 0.02 to 0.2, while for stable situations the range is 0.1 to possibly ∼1.0. The values of p converge to about 0.2 for high wind speeds. Abstract Values of p for the exponent-type wind profile formulation, used in vertical extrapolations of wind speed, were derived for the marine atmospheric surface layer. Nomograms were constructed providing p values as dependent on a single elevation measurement of the air temperature, wind speed, and the surface water temperature. The range of p values in the unstable surface layer is between 0.02 to 0.2, while for stable situations the range is 0.1 to possibly ∼1.0. The values of p converge to about 0.2 for high wind speeds.Keywords
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