A statistical study of frictional wind veering in the planetary boundary layer

Mendenhall, Bruce R.

Colorado State University. Dept. of Atmospheric Science.
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
United States. Environmental Science Services Administration.

1967

Colorado State University, Dept. of Atmospheric Science

Fort Collins, Colo.

Despite the general applicability of classical Ekman theory, individual observations of wind veering in the planetary boundary layer seldom exhibit the typical spiral turning with height. This study attempts to assess the reasons for these deviations from theory which occur not only as large fluctuations in time but also as significant differences in mean profiles from one location to another.

"December 1967."
This report was prepared with support from NSF GF-177.
This report was prepared with support from ESSA E-34-67(G).

Boundary layer (Meteorology)
Research
Statistical methods

1 online resource (iii, 57 p.) : ill.

eng

Atmospheric science paper ; no. 116

UCSU5/8.10/116/INTERNET

http://hdl.handle.net/10176/co:9468

752206138

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