Multilevel Model of Planetary Boundary-layer Suitable for use with Mesoscale Dynamic Models

N. E. Busch; S. W. Chang; R. A. Anthes

doi:10.1175/1520-0450(1976)015<0909:AMLMOT>2.0.CO;2

Multilevel Model of Planetary Boundary-layer Suitable for use with Mesoscale Dynamic Models

N. E. Busch
, S. W. Chang
, R. A. Anthes

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Abstract

In this paper a simple model of the planetary boundary layer (PBL) is proposed. The surface layer is modeled according to established similarity theory. Above the surface layer a prognostic equation for the mixing length is introduced. The time-dependent mixing length is a function of the PBL characteristics, including the height of the capping inversion, the local friction velocity and the surface heat flux. In a preliminary experiment, the behavior of the PBL is compared with observations from the Great Plains Experiment.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of applied meteorology (1988)
Volume	15
Issue number	9
Pages (from-to)	909-919
ISSN	0894-8763
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(1976)015<0909:AMLMOT>2.0.CO;2
Publication status	Published - 1976

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Multilevel Model of Planetary Boundary-layer Suitable for use with Mesoscale Dynamic Models

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