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The velocity spectra in the stable atmospheric boundary layer

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A model for the logarithmic spectra of velocity in the stable boundary layer is developed using the concept of local scaling. The resulting expressions for peak wavelength are in agreement with empirical data from Minnesota 1973.

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

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On leave from Faculdade de Engenharia de Joinville, SC, Brasil.

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Moraes, O.L.L. The velocity spectra in the stable atmospheric boundary layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 43, 223–230 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00128404

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