BOUNDARY LAYER METEOROLOGY LECTURE NOTES

INDEX OF TOPICS

• Section 1 -  Boundary Layer Definition and Importance

• Section 2 -  General Characteristics and Evolution of the Boundary Layer

• Section 3 -  Introduction to Turbulence, TKE, and fluxes

• Section 4 -  Turbulence Kinetic Energy Budget and Stability

• Section 5 -  Boundary Conditions and Surface Forcings

• Section 6 -  Approximating (parameterizing) Surface Fluxes

• Section 7 -   Turbulence Closure Techniques and Ekman Pumping

• Section 8 -   Observations of the Boundary Layer

• Section 9 -   Boundary Layer Phenomena

• Section 10 - Representation of the Boundary Layer in NWP Models (ppt)

• Section 11 - The Arctic Boundary Layer

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