Flux‐gradient relationships in the constant flux layer
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- 1 October 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
- Vol. 96 (410) , 715-721
- https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.49709641012
Abstract
An analysis is made of the Monin‐Obukhov function ΦM in the familiar wind profile equation, using data from two recent expeditions to Gurley (New South Wales) and Hay (New South Wales). In one, the friction velocity u* is determined directly by the eddy correlation method, and in the other, conducted during mid‐winter when small heat‐fluxes were experienced, by the use of a friction coefficient applied to a low‐level wind.By collating with a similar earlier analysis for heat and water vapour transfer, the variations of ΦM, ΦH and ΦW with stability are presented in tabular form in the z/L range − 0.01 to − 1.0. Within this range the empirical relationships ΦM = (1 − 16 z/L)−1/4 and ΦH, W = (1 − 16 z/L)−1/2, and the implied equality between Ri and z/L, are found to approximate the data to within a few per cent.Keywords
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