Free-convection surface-layer scaling ($w_c\sim (B_{0}z{)}^{1/3},ϵ\sim B_0$)

For a positive approximately constant vertical turbulent buoyancy flux, dimensional turnover scaling gives $K_b\sim B_0^{1/3}{z}^{4/3}$ and $N^2\sim -B_0^{2/3}{z}^{-4/3}$. The negative squared frequency describes unstable overturning, not a real restoring oscillation. The leading dissipation is height-independent, unlike neutral wall turbulence.