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The velocity spectra in the stable surface layer

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A simple model of the scaling parameter (f 0) as a function of z/L for a stable surface layer is developed. This model is used to derive empirical forms for curves presented by Kaimal et al. (1972). Also obtained is the peak of the frequency and the maximum value of the logarithmic spectra as a function of z/L.

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  1. Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 90049, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil

    Osvaldo L. L. Moraes & Mario Epstein

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Partially financed by CAPES.

On leave from Faculdade de Engenharia de Joinville, SC.

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Moraes, O.L.L., Epstein, M. The velocity spectra in the stable surface layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 40, 407–414 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00116105

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