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EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER HEIGHT  

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  • The height of the atmospheric layer from the Earth's surface up to an altitude of about 1 kilometer in which wind speed and direction are affected by frictional interaction with objects on the Earth's surface.

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https://vocab.met.no/GCMDSK/765e92a7-8c14-47dc-bdd8-d85d132a11ee

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