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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">Similar to [[local free-convection similarity]], except designed for the statically [[stable  boundary layer]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Also known as ''z''-less scaling, because the appropriate length [[scale]] does not depend on height  ''z''. <br/>''Compare'' [[similarity theory]], [[dimensional analysis]], [[Buckingham Pi theory]].</div><br/> </div>
<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">Similar to [[local free-convection similarity]], except designed for the statically [[stable boundary layer|stable  boundary layer]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Also known as ''z''-less scaling, because the appropriate length [[scale]] does not depend on height  ''z''. <br/>''Compare'' [[similarity theory]], [[dimensional analysis]], [[Buckingham Pi theory]].</div><br/> </div>
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Latest revision as of 17:21, 25 April 2012



local similarity

Similar to local free-convection similarity, except designed for the statically stable boundary layer.

Also known as z-less scaling, because the appropriate length scale does not depend on height z.
Compare similarity theory, dimensional analysis, Buckingham Pi theory.


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