roughness length
roughness length · roughness lengths
A parameter of some vertical wind profile equations that model the horizontal mean…A parameter of some vertical wind profile equations that model the horizontal mean wind speed near the ground; in the log wind profile, it is equivalent to the height at which the wind speed theoretically becomes zero.
Meaning
1 sensesA parameter of some vertical wind profile equations that model the horizontal mean wind speed near the ground; in the log wind profile, it is equivalent to the height at which the wind speed theoretically becomes zero.
Origin
So called because it is typically related to the height of terrain roughness elements.So called because it is typically related to the height of terrain roughness elements.
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Forms
plural: roughness lengths| Singular | roughness length |
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