The Influence of the Intermittent Behavior of the Nocturnal Atmospheric Flow on the Prediction of the Diurnal Temperature Range: A Simplified Model Analysis

Table 1

List of constants used in the model.

	Earth angular frequency	rad s^−1
	Heat coefficient transfer from the substrate to the slab
	von kármán constant
	Turbulent Prandtl number	1
	Reference temperature	300 K
	Temperature of the substrate	285 K
	Air density	1.225 kg m^−3
	Air specific heat at constant pressure	1005 J kg^−1 K^−1
	Coriolis parameter	s^−1 (for )
	Specific humidity	0.03 g kg^−1
	Stefan-Boltzmann constant	W m^−2 K^−4
	Roughness length	0.1 m
	Soil thermal conductivity	0.06 W m^−1 K^−1
	Soil specific heat	J kg^−1 K^−1
	Soil density	kg m^−3