The Atmospheric Boundary Layer Over Polar Marine Surfaces
THE NAVIER-STOKES EQUATION
The Boussinesq Approximations
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MONIN-OBUKHOV SIMILARITY
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Figure 1. Demonstration of Monin-Obukhov similarity theory
SURFACE-LAYER PROFILES
Including stratification effects
Figure 5. Various suggestions for the functional form of the nondimensional wind speed (φm) and scalar (φh) gradients for stable conditions
Table 1. Predicted behavior of the Deacon and Richardson numbers in very stable conditions
BULK TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS FOR HEAT AND MOMENTUM OVER SEA ICE
Figure 7. Sample potential temperature profiles
Drag coefficient
Figure 10. Snow-surface and ice-surface roughness spectra computed for the profiles in Figure 9
Figure 12. Time series of the neutral-stability, 10-m drag coefficient measured on a fixed mast on Ice Station Weddell
Figure 13. Two long events on Ice Station Weddell that were characterized by a relatively constant wind direction
Figure 15. CDN10 values in Figure 12, averaged over 1-m/s bins of the 10-m wind speed
Scalar bulk transfer coefficients
Figure 19. Model predictions of zT/z0 and zQ/z0 over snow-covered surfaces
THE EKMAN LAYER
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Figure 21. Hodographs of the wind vector in Ekman layers in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
THERMAL WIND
ROSSBY NUMBER SIMILARITY
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Figure 25. Observations of the height of the core of the low-level jet (zj)
Figure 27. Evaluations of FU and FV for very unstable (150 ≤ ≤ 120), weakly stable (0 ≤ ≤ 30), and very stable (180 ≤ ≤ 210) conditions
Figure 28. Evaluations of FΘ for unstable (60 ≤ ≤ 30), weakly stable (0 ≤ ≤ 30), and moderately stable (60 ≤ ≤ 90) conditions
Figure 29. Yamada's (1976) resistance laws for the longitudinal (A) and transverse
Figure 30. Geostrophic drag coefficient (Cg) and the turning angle (α) as functions of stability
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THE NAVIER-STOKES EQUATION
The Boussinesq Approximations
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MONIN-OBUKHOV SIMILARITY
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Figure 1. Demonstration of Monin-Obukhov similarity theory
SURFACE-LAYER PROFILES
Including stratification effects
Figure 5. Various suggestions for the functional form of the nondimensional wind speed (φm) and scalar (φh) gradients for stable conditions
Table 1. Predicted behavior of the Deacon and Richardson numbers in very stable conditions
BULK TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS FOR HEAT AND MOMENTUM OVER SEA ICE
Figure 7. Sample potential temperature profiles
Drag coefficient
Figure 10. Snow-surface and ice-surface roughness spectra computed for the profiles in Figure 9
Figure 12. Time series of the neutral-stability, 10-m drag coefficient measured on a fixed mast on Ice Station Weddell
Figure 13. Two long events on Ice Station Weddell that were characterized by a relatively constant wind direction
Figure 15. CDN10 values in Figure 12, averaged over 1-m/s bins of the 10-m wind speed
Scalar bulk transfer coefficients
Figure 19. Model predictions of zT/z0 and zQ/z0 over snow-covered surfaces
THE EKMAN LAYER
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Figure 21. Hodographs of the wind vector in Ekman layers in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
THERMAL WIND
ROSSBY NUMBER SIMILARITY
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Figure 25. Observations of the height of the core of the low-level jet (zj)
Figure 27. Evaluations of FU and FV for very unstable (150 ≤ ≤ 120), weakly stable (0 ≤ ≤ 30), and very stable (180 ≤ ≤ 210) conditions
Figure 28. Evaluations of FΘ for unstable (60 ≤ ≤ 30), weakly stable (0 ≤ ≤ 30), and moderately stable (60 ≤ ≤ 90) conditions
Figure 29. Yamada's (1976) resistance laws for the longitudinal (A) and transverse
Figure 30. Geostrophic drag coefficient (Cg) and the turning angle (α) as functions of stability
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