Ideal and Real Atmospheric Boundary Layers

Prof. Mathias W. Rotach holds a PhD in Environmental Physics from The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ) with a specialization in Atmospheric Physics. He is a full Professor in Dynamic Meteorology at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. His research group in Innsbruck is specialized in boundary layer dynamics and exchange processes over complex terrain, such as mountainous and urban surfaces. He has (co-)authored around 130 peer-reviewed papers on various aspects in boundary layer meteorology. Prof. Albert (Bert) A.M. Holtslag holds a PhD in Boundary Layer Meteorology from Wageningen University in the Netherlands. He is Emeritus Professor of Meteorology and former Chair at the Meteorology and Air Quality Section at Wageningen University (1999-2019). With his research group he worked on many aspects of atmospheric boundary layers over land, including air quality dispersion, urban weather and climate and land-atmosphere interactions. He has (co-)authored around 180 peer-reviewed papers on various aspects in boundary layer meteorology.

1. Introduction

Part I: Ideal Atmospheric Boundary Layers
2. A Brief Introduction to Atmospheric Turbulence
3. Statistical Treatment of Turbulence
4. Conservation Equations for Turbulent Flows
5. Turbulent Kinetic Energy and Dynamical Stability
6. Similarity Theory
7. Turbulence Spectra
8. Observing and Modeling Atmospheric Boundary Layers
9. The Neutral Boundary Layer
10. The Convective Boundary Layer
11. The Stable Boundary Layer

Part II: Real Atmospheric Boundary Layers
12. Non-ideal Boundary Layers
13. Surface Inhomogeneity and Heterogeneity Effects
14. Flow over Rough Surfaces
15. Exchange Processes within Vegetated and Urban Canopies
16. Boundary Layers over Orography
17. Characteristics of Real Terrain Mountain Boundary Layers
18. Observing and Modeling Real Atmospheric Boundary Layers