A Re-examination of the “Leipzig Wind Profile” Considering some Relations between Wind and Turbulence in the Frictional Layer
Abstract
The “Leipzig Wind Profile” is a unique example of a representative wind distribution in the frictional layer which resulted from MILDNER’s set of 28 pilot-balloon observations with two theodolites on October 20, 1931, near Leipzig for a stable weather situation. It is shown, that the vectors of geostrophic motion and ground drag follow from the wind profile when a scalar austausch is assumed. The re-computed vertical austausch-distribution indicates that the energy for maintaining the turbulence in a steady frictional wind profile is taken from the potential energy of the horizontal pressure field by means of the steady flow of air across the isobars.
© 1950 Heinz Lettau, published by Stockholm University Press
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