A Novel Approach for Deriving the Stable Boundary Layer Height and Eddy Viscosity Profiles from the Ekman Equations

Journal article (2022)

Authors

S. Basu Atmospheric Remote Sensing - CEG
AAM Holtslag Wageningen University & Research
Research Group
Atmospheric Remote Sensing (CEG) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2022 S. Basu, Albert A. M. Holtslag
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-022-00757-y
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Published Date

2022

Language

English

Faculty

Civil Engineering & Geosciences

Department

Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Research Group

Atmospheric Remote Sensing

Abstract

In this study, we utilize a novel approach to solve the Ekman equations for eddy-viscosity profiles in the stable boundary-layer. By doing so, a well-known expression for the stable boundary-layer height by Zilitinkevich (Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 1972, Vol. 3, 141–145) is rediscovered.