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A new theory for very high Reynolds number turbulent boundary layers predicts that detached eddies formed in the lower parts of the boundary layer but above the top of the surface layer play a fundamental role for the dynamics of this boundary layer. Eddies impinging onto the surface result in strongly distorted elongated eddies in the lower one third of the surface layer. This paper demonstrates that the theory gives predictions in good agreement with atmospheric near-neutral surface layer data.
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Högström, U., Hunt, J.C.R., Smedman, AS. (2004). A top-down theory for the neutral atmospheric surface layer compared with measurements. In: Smits, A.J. (eds) IUTAM Symposium on Reynolds Number Scaling in Turbulent Flow. Fluid Mechanics and its Applications, vol 74. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0997-3_10
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