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Experimental data of C T 2, determined during various experiments in the surface layer, are compared with several functions giving the stability dependence of the temperature structure parameter. The universal function of the dimensionless temperature gradient by Skeib (1980) follows very well the experimental data and the empirical function by Wyngaard et al. (1971). This function can be used in an inertial-dissipation method.
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Foken, T., Kretschmer, D. Stability dependence of the temperature structure parameter. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 53, 185–189 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00122470
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