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Betts & Barr 1996

Betts, A.K. and Barr, A.G. (1996). First International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Field Experiment 1987 sonde budget revisited. Journal of Geophysical Research 101: doi: 10.1029/96JD02247. issn: 0148-0227.

We recompute estimates of boundary layer top entrainment from the 1987 FIFE sonde data, using a better averaging method, and get a mean value for the entrainment parameter AR of 0.39¿0.19, about 10% smaller than before. We also show the dependence of AR on wind speed and time of day. The increase in entrainment with wind speed is quite marked. Our mean asymptotic value of AR, representative of free convection at low wind speeds, is now only 0.31. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1996

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Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Boundary layer processes, Hydrology, Water/energy interactions, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Climatology, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Land/atmosphere interactions

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Journal of Geophysical Research
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