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A simple method to determine evaporation duct height in the sea surface boundary layer
Author(s) -
MussonGe Luc,
Gauthier Sylvie,
Bruth Eric
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
radio science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1944-799X
pISSN - 0048-6604
DOI - 10.1029/92rs00926
Subject(s) - boundary layer , planetary boundary layer , meteorology , surface layer , evaporation , weather forecasting , numerical weather prediction , duct (anatomy) , range (aeronautics) , surface (topology) , environmental science , atmospheric sciences , mathematics , layer (electronics) , geology , materials science , mechanics , geometry , physics , medicine , pathology , composite material
A formulation to determine the evaporation duct height in the sea surface boundary layer is presented. This formulation is based upon the theory of similarity of Monin Obukhov by using analytical solutions currently used in the field of numerical weather prediction. The proposed solution is simple, coherent with the surface boundary layer parameterization used in the Meteo France and European Centre for Medium‐Range Weather Forecasts weather prediction models and gives good results when compared to more traditional methods.