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An experiment carried out at the Air-Sea wind tunnel in Marseille is described in which a stably stratified boundary layer was formed over a water surface. The density gradient was caused by both the temperature and humidity gradients. Particular attention is given to the flow conditions at the critical Richardson number where violent bursts of heat, moisture and momentum flux occurred. Mean, conditional and classified flux profiles as well as spectra and cross spectra of velocity, temperature and humidity are described for the bursting phenomenon. The results show some similarity to the bursting in the wall region of (neutral) turbulent boundary layers observed by other workers.
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Warhaft, Z., Bolgiano, R. (1984). Moisture and Heat Transport in a Stably Stratified Boundary Layer over a Water Surface. In: Brutsaert, W., Jirka, G.H. (eds) Gas Transfer at Water Surfaces. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1660-4_13
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