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Friction Velocity

Friction Velocity is a shear stress-derived velocity scale in fluid mechanics that quantifies the turbulent shear stress at a boundary by relating the wall shear stress to the fluid density through the square root of their ratio.

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Wind stress on a water surface

H. Charnock · Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society · 1955 · 1.9K citations

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Modeling the atmospheric dust cycle: 1. Design of a soil‐derived dust emission scheme

Béatrice Marticorena, G. Bergametti · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1995 · 1.5K citations

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Rough-Wall Turbulent Boundary Layers

M. R. Raupach, R. A. Antonia, S. Rajagopalan · Applied Mechanics Reviews · 1991 · 1.3K citations

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Review of Drag Coefficients over Oceans and Continents

J. R. Garratt · Monthly Weather Review · 1977 · 1K citations · Full text

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The dispersion of marked fluid in turbulent shear flow

J. W. Elder · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1959 · 964 citations

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    Dale A. Gillette

    NOAA Air Resources Laboratory, United States

    11 publications · 2.3K citations

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  2. YS
    Yaping Shao

    University of Cologne, Germany

    11 publications · 1.6K citations

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  3. LM
    L. Mahrt

    Oregon State University, United States

    10 publications · 647 citations

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    Gabriel G. Katul

    Duke University, United States

    8 publications · 379 citations

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    Brenton Sharratt

    Washington State University, United States

    7 publications · 200 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    16 h-index

    65 publications

    2.9K citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    16 h-index

    49 publications

    1.8K citations

  3. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    15 h-index

    36 publications

    2.9K citations

  4. Agricultural Research Service

    Washington, United States

    14 h-index

    19 publications

    1.2K citations

  5. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    23 publications

    3.2K citations

  6. Lanzhou University

    Lanzhou, China

    11 h-index

    31 publications

    1.3K citations

  7. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    11 h-index

    22 publications

    2.1K citations

  8. Oregon State University

    Corvallis, United States

    11 h-index

    22 publications

    1.7K citations

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  1. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    91 publications · 9.6K citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 90 publications · 10.9K citations

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  3. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    49 publications · 3.6K citations

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  4. Physics of Fluids

    44 publications · 3.1K citations

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