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Meaning of roughness length | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

roughnesses roughometer roughout roughouts roughrider roughriding

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