Urban boundary layer: Difference between revisions

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The internal boundary layer formed when air flows over a city.

It is a mesoscale phenomenon, the characteristics of which are affected by the nature of the urban surface. When a new rural boundary layer downwind of the city forms at the surface, the urban boundary layer is isolated aloft and is then called the urban plume.
Compare urban heat island, urban canopy layer.

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+|Explanation=It is a [[mesoscale]] phenomenon, the characteristics of which are affected by the nature of the  urban surface. When a new rural [[boundary layer]] downwind of the city forms at the surface, the  urban boundary layer is isolated aloft and is then called the urban plume. <br/>''Compare'' [[urban heat island|urban heat  island]], [[urban canopy layer]].
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-<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The [[internal boundary layer]] formed when air flows over a city.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">It is a [[mesoscale]] phenomenon, the characteristics of which are affected by the nature of the  urban surface. When a new rural [[boundary layer]] downwind of the city forms at the surface, the  urban boundary layer is isolated aloft and is then called the urban plume. <br/>''Compare'' [[urban heat island|urban heat  island]], [[urban canopy layer]].</div><br/> </div>
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