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https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-23-75-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-23-75-2016
Research article
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21 Mar 2016
Research article |  | 21 Mar 2016

Study of the overturning length scales at the Spanish planetary boundary layer

Pilar López and José L. Cano

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The focus of this paper is to improve our studies related to the novel use of the Thorpe method applied to atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) using new data from Spanish field experiments. We analyse the time behaviour of the maximum Thorpe displacement (dT)max and the Thorpe-scale LT during a day cycle. We also analyse the relation between (dT)max and LT. We deduce that they confirm a power law statistically significant, with differences between convective conditions and shear-driven conditions.