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Several commonly used turbulence closure schemes forthe atmospheric boundarylayer (ABL) are applied to simulate neutral, nocturnal and diurnal cyclesituations in a one-dimensional ABL. Results obtained with the differentschemes, E-ℓ, E-ε and its modified versions, and twoversions ofthe q 2ℓ Level 2.5, are compared and discussed.
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Weng, W., Taylor, P.A. On Modelling the One-Dimensional Atmospheric Boundary Layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 107, 371–400 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022126511654
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