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A time-dependent integrated dynamical boundary-layer model is used to study various features of the nocturnal low-level jet (LLJ). The basic concept is that of Thorpe and Guymer (1977). It is extended by entrainment processes, advection and an equation for the upper height of the turbulent layer. Applications show the role of the energy terms and how the LLJ changes considerably under synoptic forcing processes of variable geostrophic wind.
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Malcher, J., Kraus, H. Low-level jet phenomena described by an integrated dynamical PBL model. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 27, 327–343 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02033743
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