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roughness length

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Noun

  1. A [[parameter]] of some [[vertical]] [[wind]] [[profile]] [[equation]]s 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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