"roughness length" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: roughness lengths [plural]
Etymology: So called because it is typically related to the height of terrain roughness elements. Head templates: {{en-noun}} roughness length (plural roughness lengths)
  1. 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. Wikipedia link: roughness length
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