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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The bottom fifth of the convective [[atmospheric boundary layer]] where [[virtual potential temperature]], [[wind speed]], and [[humidity]] vertical gradients are nonzero.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">A [[convective boundary layer]] comprises three layers: the radix layer touching the ground, a [[uniform layer]] in the interior of the convective boundary layer, and an [[entrainment zone]] at the top. The classical [[surface layer]], where [[Monin–Obukhov similarity theory]] applies to small shear- driven turbulent [[eddies]], is a bottom subdomain of the radix layer.</div><br/> </div> | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The bottom fifth of the convective [[atmospheric boundary layer]] where [[virtual potential temperature|virtual potential temperature]], [[wind speed]], and [[humidity]] vertical gradients are nonzero.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">A [[convective boundary layer]] comprises three layers: the radix layer touching the ground, a [[uniform layer]] in the interior of the convective boundary layer, and an [[entrainment zone]] at the top. The classical [[surface layer]], where [[Monin–Obukhov similarity theory]] applies to small shear- driven turbulent [[eddies]], is a bottom subdomain of the radix layer.</div><br/> </div> | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:44, 25 April 2012
radix layer[edit | edit source]
The bottom fifth of the convective atmospheric boundary layer where virtual potential temperature, wind speed, and humidity vertical gradients are nonzero.
A convective boundary layer comprises three layers: the radix layer touching the ground, a uniform layer in the interior of the convective boundary layer, and an entrainment zone at the top. The classical surface layer, where Monin–Obukhov similarity theory applies to small shear- driven turbulent eddies, is a bottom subdomain of the radix layer.
