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A method for the independent evaluation ofmixed-layer (ML) height, zi, has beenproposed. The ML height is determined bythe functional relationshipszi = 0.75 z/nv max or 0.53 z/nu max in which, z is a measuring height; nv max and nu max are normalized peak frequencies of lateral velocity component, v, and longitudinal velocity component, u, spectra at height z in the surface layer respectively. Using Doppler sodar data, the technique was shown to be feasible; it is easy to apply to micro-meteorological field experiments and works even for the ML top above the range of the sodar.
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Liu, X., Ohtaki, E. An Independent Method to Determine the Height of the Mixed Layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 85, 497–504 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1000510130752
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