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Coupling of the Earth’s Surfaces to the Lower Atmospheres
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: Received: 18 July 2022 / Approved: 19 July 2022 / Online: 19 July 2022 (10:49:15 CEST)
How to cite: Fitzjarrald, D. R. Coupling of the Earth’s Surfaces to the Lower Atmospheres. Preprints 2022, 2022070287. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202207.0287.v1 Fitzjarrald, D. R. Coupling of the Earth’s Surfaces to the Lower Atmospheres. Preprints 2022, 2022070287. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202207.0287.v1
Abstract
This brief review introduces some general properties of lower atmospheric motions that may be exploited by birds, linking historical findings and current knowledge from both observational and modeling perspectives. The relative importance of turbulent mixing resulting from wind shear and that from buoyant thermals is emphasized as well as the determinants of the geometry of the resulting vertical motions.
Keywords
turbulence and thermals; atmospheric boundary layer
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science and Meteorology
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