roughness lengths

A form of roughness length — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of roughness length
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