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Exchange coefficients and mixing lengths under stable stratification have been studied through measurements of mean wind velocity and temperature in the nocturnal boundary layer. For values of the gradient Richardson number lower than 0.15, our measurements fit well the relation of Delage (1974). Beyond Ri = 0.15, the decrease of mixing length is much slower. So a new parameterization of turbulent exchanges is suggested. When introduced in a model of the nocturnal boundary layer, it results in a thickening of the turbulent and inversion layers.
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Estournel, C., Guedalia, D. A new parameterization of eddy diffusivities for nocturnal boundary-layer modeling. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 39, 191–203 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00121874
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