{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2141698677","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/13/1/012012","title":"A Study of stable Atmospheric Boundary Layer over highveld South Africa","display_name":"A Study of stable Atmospheric Boundary Layer over highveld South Africa","publication_year":2010,"publication_date":"2010-08-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2141698677","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/13/1/012012","mag":"2141698677"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1088/1755-1315/13/1/012012","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/13/1/012012","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/13/1/012012","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210195883","display_name":"IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science","issn_l":"1755-1315","issn":["1755-1315","1755-1307"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["norway-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320083","host_organization_name":"IOP Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320083","https://openalex.org/P4310311669"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IOP Publishing","Institute of Physics"],"type":"conference"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"conference-paper","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5006290174","display_name":"Philbert Luhunga","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8909-1003","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8909-1003"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I69552723","display_name":"University of Pretoria","ror":"https://ror.org/00g0p6g84","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I69552723"]}],"countries":["ZA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"P Luhunga","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Pretoria, Republic of South Africa"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Pretoria, Republic of South Africa","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I69552723"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5038829153","display_name":"Igor Esau","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4122-6340","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4122-6340"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2799966484","display_name":"Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research","ror":"https://ror.org/011n96f14","country_code":"NO","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2799966484","https://openalex.org/I2802153510","https://openalex.org/I4210116418","https://openalex.org/I4210149801","https://openalex.org/I4401200256","https://openalex.org/I4432739"]}],"countries":["NO"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"I Esau","raw_affiliation_strings":["Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2799966484"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5021201671","display_name":"George Djolov","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I69552723","display_name":"University of Pretoria","ror":"https://ror.org/00g0p6g84","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I69552723"]}],"countries":["ZA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"G Djolov","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Pretoria, Republic of South Africa"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Pretoria, Republic of South Africa","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I69552723"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":5.5919,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":5,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.9399061,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":95},"biblio":{"volume":"13","issue":null,"first_page":"012012","last_page":"012012"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10466","display_name":"Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations","score":0.8666999936103821,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1902","display_name":"Atmospheric Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/19","display_name":"Earth and Planetary Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10466","display_name":"Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations","score":0.8666999936103821,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1902","display_name":"Atmospheric Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/19","display_name":"Earth and Planetary Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10360","display_name":"Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows","score":0.06289999932050705,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2206","display_name":"Computational Mechanics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11371","display_name":"Wind and Air Flow Studies","score":0.055399999022483826,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2305","display_name":"Environmental Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/stable-boundary-layer","display_name":"stable boundary layer","score":0.9819999933242798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/highveld","display_name":"Highveld","score":0.8309999704360962},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/turbulent-fluxes","display_name":"turbulent fluxes","score":0.9850000143051147},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/virtual-potential-temperature","display_name":"virtual potential temperature","score":0.8270000219345093},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/wind-shear","display_name":"wind shear","score":0.9570000171661377},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/large-eddy-simulation","display_name":"large eddy simulation","score":0.7059999704360962},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/atmospheric-boundary-layer-parameterization","display_name":"atmospheric boundary layer parameterization","score":0.800000011920929}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86338904","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1757268","display_name":"Planetary boundary layer","level":3,"score":0.6020293831825256},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C91586092","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q757520","display_name":"Atmospheric sciences","level":1,"score":0.565578281879425},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111603439","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q752193","display_name":"Boundary layer","level":2,"score":0.540968656539917},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779227376","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6505497","display_name":"Layer (electronics)","level":2,"score":0.48495104908943176},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39432304","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188847","display_name":"Environmental science","level":0,"score":0.4737720787525177},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C89298926","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q374640","display_name":"Atmospheric instability","level":3,"score":0.44490909576416016},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C49204034","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52139","display_name":"Climatology","level":1,"score":0.4363926351070404},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62354387","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q875399","display_name":"Boundary (topology)","level":2,"score":0.4323664903640747},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.42754703760147095},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C153294291","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25261","display_name":"Meteorology","level":1,"score":0.360576331615448},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127313418","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1069","display_name":"Geology","level":0,"score":0.2833201289176941},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C192562407","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228736","display_name":"Materials science","level":0,"score":0.2035869061946869},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.15415489673614502},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.11038821935653687},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C57879066","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41217","display_name":"Mechanics","level":1,"score":0.07067084312438965},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C171250308","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11468","display_name":"Nanotechnology","level":1,"score":0.06812617182731628},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C161067210","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1464943","display_name":"Wind speed","level":2,"score":0.066836416721344},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C134306372","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7754","display_name":"Mathematical analysis","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C196558001","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190132","display_name":"Turbulence","level":2,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1088/1755-1315/13/1/012012","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/13/1/012012","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/13/1/012012","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210195883","display_name":"IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science","issn_l":"1755-1315","issn":["1755-1315","1755-1307"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["norway-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320083","host_organization_name":"IOP Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320083","https://openalex.org/P4310311669"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IOP Publishing","Institute of Physics"],"type":"conference"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Climate action","score":0.4399999976158142,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/13"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":5,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1971612716","https://openalex.org/W2059205508","https://openalex.org/W2099333535","https://openalex.org/W2105014283","https://openalex.org/W2501760972"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W213702277","https://openalex.org/W1608441065","https://openalex.org/W205905529","https://openalex.org/W7043294072","https://openalex.org/W6998704741","https://openalex.org/W55636490","https://openalex.org/W1971612716","https://openalex.org/W2579284221","https://openalex.org/W6921245573","https://openalex.org/W1989889626"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0,33,86,173,202,269,281],"study":[1,207],"is":[2,39,109,115,226,232,262,291],"part":[3,111],"of":[4,22,36,50,58,69,78,96,112,121,134,149,157,175,198,220,284,286,294,298],"the":[5,37,81,93,97,110,119,122,146,150,155,169,195,199,209,218,221,239,279,287,295,299],"South":[6,211],"African":[7],"\u2013":[8],"Norwegian":[9],"Programme":[10],"for":[11,20],"Research":[12],"and":[13,18,47,74,83,101,125,164,183,188,267,274],"Co-operation":[14],"Phase":[15],"II":[16],"\u201cAnalysis":[17],"Possibility":[19],"Control":[21],"Atmospheric":[23,105],"Boundary":[24],"Layer":[25],"Processes":[26],"to":[27,30,127,168],"Facilitate":[28],"Adaptation":[29],"Environmental":[31],"Changes\u201d.":[32],"research":[34],"strategy":[35],"project":[38],"based":[40,60],"on":[41,61,92,194],"4":[42],"legged":[43],"approach.":[44],"1)":[45],"Application":[46],"further":[48],"development":[49],"contemporary":[51],"atmospheric":[52,289],"boundary":[53,106,204],"layer":[54,107,205],"theory.":[55],"2)":[56],"Use":[57],"modeling":[59],"large":[62],"eddy":[63],"simulation":[64],"techniques.":[65],"3)":[66],"Experimental":[67],"investigation":[68],"turbulent":[70,102,300],"fluxes.":[71,103],"4)":[72],"Training":[73],"developing":[75],"academics":[76],"capable":[77],"dealing":[79],"with":[80,130,245,249],"present":[82],"new":[84],"challenges.":[85],"paper":[87],"presents":[88],"some":[89],"preliminary":[90],"results":[91],"micrometeorological":[94],"variability":[95],"basic":[98],"meteorological":[99],"parameters":[100],"1.Introduction":[104],"(ABL)":[108],"troposphere":[113],"that":[114],"directly":[116],"influenced":[117],"by":[118,153,234,260,264],"presence":[120],"earth\u2019s":[123],"surface":[124,128],"responds":[126],"forcing":[129],"a":[131,214,292],"time":[132],"scale":[133],"about":[135],"one":[136],"hour":[137],"or":[138],"less.":[139],"It":[140],"plays":[141],"an":[142],"important":[143],"role":[144],"in":[145,228],"dynamic":[147],"state":[148],"whole":[151],"atmosphere":[152],"controlling":[154],"exchange":[156],"heat,":[158],"moisture,":[159],"momentum,":[160],"aerosols,":[161],"gasses,":[162],"pollutants":[163],"trace":[165],"gases":[166],"relevant":[167],"climate":[170,179],"change":[171],"phenomenon.":[172],"success":[174],"daily":[176],"weather":[177],"prediction,":[178],"simulations,":[180],"air":[181],"pollution":[182],"urban":[184],"meteorology":[185],"studies,":[186],"aviation":[187],"agriculture":[189],"industry":[190],"are":[191,272],"crucially":[192],"dependent":[193],"proper":[196],"parameterization":[197],"ABL":[200],"dynamics.":[201],"stable":[203],"(SBL)":[206],"over":[208],"Highveld":[210],"Africa":[212],"has":[213],"special":[215],"relevance":[216],"since":[217],"majority":[219],"electric":[222],"power":[223],"generating":[224],"plants":[225],"located":[227],"this":[229],"region.":[230],"SBL":[231,275],"characterized":[233],"light":[235],"(calm)":[236],"wind":[237,252],"near":[238],"surface,":[240],"virtual":[241],"potential":[242],"temperature":[243],"increase":[244],"height,":[246,250],"humidity":[247],"decrease":[248],"strong":[251],"shears":[253],"(directional":[254],"&":[255],"speed),":[256],"turbulence":[257],"generated":[258],"mechanically":[259],"shear":[261],"destroyed":[263],"negative":[265],"buoyancy":[266],"viscosity.":[268],"non-turbulent":[270],"periods":[271],"frequent":[273],"becomes":[276],"decoupled":[277],"from":[278],"surface.":[280],"oscillatory":[282],"type":[283],"behavior":[285],"near-surface":[288],"variables":[290],"manifestation":[293],"non-linear":[296],"character":[297],"exchange.":[301]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-11-07T11:25:07.637180","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}