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Structure of the PBL

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Even the most casual observer notices the changes in the wind. Though it has a certain persistence in time, the details of its swirls and eddies seem infinitely variable. Its strength changes day to day as weather systems evolve, and day to night as the sun rises and sets. It is modulated strongly by terrain features and by urban architecture. How can we hope to describe such a complicated phenomenon?

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Wyngaard, J.C. (1988). Structure of the PBL. In: Venkatram, A., Wyngaard, J.C. (eds) Lectures on Air Pollution Modeling. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-935704-16-4_2

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