A semi-analytical solution for the mean wind profile in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer: the convective case-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A semi-analytical solution for the mean wind profile in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer: the convective case

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Buligon L.,Degrazia G. A.,Acevedo O. C.,Szinvelski C. R. P.,Goulart A. G. O.

Abstract

Abstract. A novel methodology to derive the average wind profile from the Navier-Stokes equations is presented. The development employs the Generalized Integral Transform Technique (GITT), which joints series expansions with Integral Transforms. The new approach provides a solution described in terms of the quantities that control the wind vector with height. Parameters, such as divergence and vorticity, whose magnitudes represent sinoptic patterns are contained in the semi-analytical solution. The results of this new method applied to the convective boundary layer are shown to agree with wind data measured in Wangara experiment.

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Copernicus GmbH

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https://acp.copernicus.org/preprints/9/19817/2009/acpd-9-19817-2009.pdf

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