Illustration of daytime-warm-season boundary layer circulations and Cumulus cloud formation over complex terrain. Current research efforts in mesoscale and boundary-layer dynamics utilize novel ...

This is called the no-slip condition. Figure 7. Velocity profile in a boundary layer. The most powerful consequence of the no-slip condition is the appearance of strong velocity gradients near the ...

The study of the processes that lead to the formation, growth, and precipitation of clouds in the boundary layer of the lower atmosphere. Develops models and analyzes observations to understand the ...

At a Reynolds number between 10^5 and 10^6, the drag coefficient takes a sudden dip. The size of the wake decreases, indicating that the boundary layer separation on the cylinder or sphere occurs ...

Thus, forests serve as large water pumps between the soil and the atmosphere. The boundary layer of the canopy is determined by the shape, density, and aerial spread of the crowns of trees in a ...