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Observations and Modelling of Fronts and Frontogenesis

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Table 11.2 Winds <strong>and</strong> surface fluxes. Winds are daily vector<br />

averages <strong>of</strong> hourly observations.<br />

positive downward.<br />

Fluxes are<br />

Day<br />

(Jan 1980)<br />

Wind Heat Buoyancy Monin-Obukhov<br />

Spd. Dir. Flux Flux Depth<br />

(m<br />

i 0) (W m2) (10-8 m2 s3) (m)<br />

16 9 250 95 5.2 69<br />

17 10 200 82 4.7 62<br />

18 9 260 -25 -2.6<br />

19 13 310 -69 -6.2<br />

20 8 230 -19 -1.9 (rain, half day)<br />

21 7 260 92 4.8 54<br />

22 11 340 (no radiation measurement)<br />

23 10 340 -27 -3.2<br />

24 6 000 6 -0.9<br />

25 6 020 43 1.5 77<br />

26 4 240 -14 -1.6 (rain, half day)<br />

27 5 330 75 3.5 24<br />

28* 8 120 70 3.1 77<br />

*Lt observation at 1700 28 January.<br />

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