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On the basis of wind records on two days at the Brookhaven tower at Upton, New York, it is tentatively concluded that, in equilibrium, mechanical energy production and energy dissipation are not significantly different from each other, even if the stratification is quite unstable. Change from rough to smoother terrain, however, produces a state of non‐equilibrium in which dissipation may greatly exceed production.
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HESS et al. (1966) studied this question.
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