Mixed-layer similarity
From Glossary of Meteorology
mixed-layer similarity
An empirical method of finding universal relationships between boundary layer variables that are made dimensionless using the Deardorff velocity w*, the mixed-layer depth zi, and the mixed-layer temperature scale 
, where 
is the surface kinematic heat flux.
The resulting universal relationships are valid only for convective mixed layers. An example is
Compare local free-convection similarity, local similarity, similarity theory, dimensional analysis, Buckingham Pi theory.
Compare local free-convection similarity, local similarity, similarity theory, dimensional analysis, Buckingham Pi theory.
Stull, R. B. 1988. An Introduction to Boundary Layer Meteorology. 666 pp.
