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Nomenclature
φ
m
Dimensionlesscurrent(wind)shear
κ
Von K´arm´an'sconstant(0.4)
ξ
Dimensionlessverticalcoordinate(z/H)
Φ
Complexdimensionlesscurrentshear
z
0
Surfaceroughnesslength
u
∗
0
3
w
b
0
)
L
0
Obukhovlengthscale basedonboundaryfluxes
L
0
=
/
(
κ
ζ
Surfacelayerdimensionlessverticalcoordinate
ζ
=
z
/
L
0
λ
sl
Surface-layermixinglength,
κ
z
/
φ
m
λ
max
Maximummixinglengthin theIOBL
U
0
Complexdimensionlesssurfacevelocity
V
s
/
u
∗
0
Ro
∗
Surface-frictionRossbynumber
(
u
∗
0
/
f
)
/
z
0
A
and
B
Rossby-similarityfunctions
Λ
∗
Similarityparameter
R
c
CriticalfluxRichardsonnumber(0.2)
µ
∗
Stabilityparameter
(
u
∗
0
/
f
)
/
L
0
η
∗
Similarityscale factorforthestablystratified IOBL
