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The Mathematical Representation of Wind Speed and Temperature Profiles in the Unstable Atmospheric Surface Layer

C. A. Paulson Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle.

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Print Publication:
01 Dec 1970
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(1970)009<0857:TMROWS>2.0.CO;2
Page(s):
857–861
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Abstract

Analytical expressions which specify non-dimensionalized wind speed and potential temperature gradients as functions of stability are integrated. The integrated equations are tested against Swinhank's wind and temperature profiles measured at Kerang, Australia. It is found that a representation suggested independently by Businger and by Dyer gives the best fit to temperature profiles and describes the wind profiles equally as well as a relation suggested by Panofsky et al.

Abstract

Analytical expressions which specify non-dimensionalized wind speed and potential temperature gradients as functions of stability are integrated. The integrated equations are tested against Swinhank's wind and temperature profiles measured at Kerang, Australia. It is found that a representation suggested independently by Businger and by Dyer gives the best fit to temperature profiles and describes the wind profiles equally as well as a relation suggested by Panofsky et al.

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