A Model Study of the Stably Stratified Steady-State Atmospheric Boundary Layer over a Slightly Inclined Terrain

Zbigniew Sorbjan Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99701

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Abstract

A simple, steady-state, numerical model is used to examine the Rossby-number similarity theory of the atmospheric boundary layer over a slightly inclined terrain. The model confirms the similarity predictions. The slope-influenced universal profiles of the wind velocity defects and the stress components are obtained by the model simulation.

Abstract

A simple, steady-state, numerical model is used to examine the Rossby-number similarity theory of the atmospheric boundary layer over a slightly inclined terrain. The model confirms the similarity predictions. The slope-influenced universal profiles of the wind velocity defects and the stress components are obtained by the model simulation.

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