Turbulent boundary layer

From Glossary of Meteorology



turbulent boundary layer

An atmospheric boundary layer containing a range of quasi-random eddies or swirls that tend to cause mixing and dispersion of tracers within it.

Most atmospheric boundary layers form on earth because of turbulence acting in a statically stable troposphere.


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