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, Comparison of data at Re h = 5 × 10 4 with the best fit of eq. 7.1 ( shown in red online). (b) Comparison of Richardson plots at all available Re h , with symbols as in figure 6. The best fit of eq. 7.1 is also reported for each dataset ( in black online)