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Foken, Thomas ; Börngen, Michael:
Lettau's Contribution to the Obukhov Length Scale : A Scientific Historical Study.
In: Boundary-Layer Meteorology.
(29 March 2021)
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ISSN 1573-1472
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-021-00606-4
Abstract in another language
It has been repeatedly assumed that Heinz Lettau found the Obukhov length in 1949 independently of Obukhov in 1946. However, it was not the characteristic length scale, the Obukhov length L, but the ratio of height and the Obukhov length (z/L), the Obukhov stability parameter, that he analyzed. Whether Lettau described the parameter z/L independently of Obukhov is investigated herein. Regardless of speculation about this, the significant contributions made by Lettau in the application of z/L merit this term being called the Obukhov–Lettau stability parameter in the future.
Further data
| Item Type: | Article in a journal |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Additional notes: | online first |
| Keywords: | Heinz Lettau; History of Meteorology; Micrometeorology; Obukhov length; Obukhov stability parameter |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Earth Sciences > Former Professors > Professor Micrometeorology - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Foken |
| Result of work at the UBT: | Yes |
| DDC Subjects: | 500 Science 500 Science > 530 Physics |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Mar 2021 09:33 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Mar 2021 09:33 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/64510 |
