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The Basic Paradigm: Horizontal Homogeneity Over Flat Terrain

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Turbulence and Dispersion in the Planetary Boundary Layer

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Abstract

The idealized conditions of horizontal homogeneity allow to develop the basic theory for the PBL. In this chapter we focus on what happens when the PBL processes depend only on the vertical coordinate and on the time. The similarity theory and the data (mainly from the field) lead to the formulation of parameterizations which are the essential background for the understanding of the observations and for the numerical modelling.

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Tampieri, F. (2017). The Basic Paradigm: Horizontal Homogeneity Over Flat Terrain. In: Turbulence and Dispersion in the Planetary Boundary Layer. Physics of Earth and Space Environments. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43604-3_3

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