Category
page 1Boundary layer meteorology
Kelvin–Helmholtz instability
fluid instability that occurs when there is velocity shear in a single continuous fluid or a velocity difference across the interface between two fluids
planetary boundary layer
lowest part of the atmosphere directly influenced by contact with the planetary surface

Ekman layer
layer in a fluid where there is a force balance between pressure gradient force, Coriolis force and turbulent drag
eddy covariance
atmospheric measurement technique
von Kármán constant
physical constant in hydraulics
Monin–Obukhov length
variable in atmospheric physics
Bulk Richardson number
dimensionless number
Mixed layer
layer in which active turbulence has homogenized some range of depths.
log wind profile
wind model
surface layer
layer of a turbulent fluid most affected by interaction with a solid surface or the surface separating a gas and a liquid where the characteristics of the turbulence depend on distance from the interface