Planetary boundary layer

Planetary boundary layer - lowest part of the atmosphere directly influenced by contact with the planetary surface. Article “Planetary boundary layer” in English Wikipedia has 56.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 37 references and 9 sections.

This article has the best quality in Chinese Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Planetary boundary layer”, its content was written by 85 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 220 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 155 times in English Wikipedia and cited 507 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #36142 in December 2004
• Global: #59732 in April 2014

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #124349 in December 2013
• Global: #174566 in December 2013

There are 16 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Chinese (zh) 大氣邊界層		69.5072
2	English (en) Planetary boundary layer		56.1933
3	French (fr) Couche limite atmosphérique		38.9226
4	Arabic (ar) طبقة الحدود الكوكبية		31.8958
5	Korean (ko) 대기경계층		23.1143
6	Finnish (fi) Ilmakehän rajakerros		22.6459
7	Persian (fa) لایه مرزی سیاره‌ای		20.3132
8	Catalan (ca) Capa límit atmosfèrica		18.381
9	Spanish (es) Capa límite planetaria		16.2634
10	Russian (ru) Планетарный пограничный слой		15.8571

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Planetary boundary layer" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Planetary boundary layer		663 275
2	Japanese (ja) 大気境界層		129 731
3	Portuguese (pt) Camada limite atmosférica		91 564
4	German (de) Peplosphäre		64 554
5	Russian (ru) Планетарный пограничный слой		39 335
6	Chinese (zh) 大氣邊界層		38 182
7	French (fr) Couche limite atmosphérique		20 939
8	Italian (it) Strato limite planetario		20 657
9	Polish (pl) Planetarna warstwa graniczna		19 032
10	Finnish (fi) Ilmakehän rajakerros		10 785

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Planetary boundary layer" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Planetary boundary layer		2 702
2	Chinese (zh) 大氣邊界層		272
3	Japanese (ja) 大気境界層		231
4	Russian (ru) Планетарный пограничный слой		226
5	French (fr) Couche limite atmosphérique		191
6	German (de) Peplosphäre		127
7	Spanish (es) Capa límite planetaria		98
8	Portuguese (pt) Camada limite atmosférica		76
9	Italian (it) Strato limite planetario		54
10	Arabic (ar) طبقة الحدود الكوكبية		46

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Planetary boundary layer" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Planetary boundary layer		85
2	German (de) Peplosphäre		32
3	Finnish (fi) Ilmakehän rajakerros		13
4	Japanese (ja) 大気境界層		13
5	Portuguese (pt) Camada limite atmosférica		13
6	Italian (it) Strato limite planetario		12
7	Polish (pl) Planetarna warstwa graniczna		10
8	Russian (ru) Планетарный пограничный слой		10
9	Catalan (ca) Capa límit atmosfèrica		8
10	French (fr) Couche limite atmosphérique		7

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Planetary boundary layer" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) طبقة الحدود الكوكبية		0
2	Catalan (ca) Capa límit atmosfèrica		0
3	German (de) Peplosphäre		0
4	English (en) Planetary boundary layer		0
5	Spanish (es) Capa límite planetaria		0
6	Persian (fa) لایه مرزی سیاره‌ای		0
7	Finnish (fi) Ilmakehän rajakerros		0
8	French (fr) Couche limite atmosphérique		0
9	Italian (it) Strato limite planetario		0
10	Japanese (ja) 大気境界層		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Planetary boundary layer" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Planetary boundary layer		155
2	Portuguese (pt) Camada limite atmosférica		64
3	Russian (ru) Планетарный пограничный слой		58
4	Japanese (ja) 大気境界層		40
5	German (de) Peplosphäre		37
6	French (fr) Couche limite atmosphérique		33
7	Chinese (zh) 大氣邊界層		32
8	Spanish (es) Capa límite planetaria		16
9	Catalan (ca) Capa límit atmosfèrica		12
10	Finnish (fi) Ilmakehän rajakerros		12

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic طبقة الحدود الكوكبية
ca	Catalan Capa límit atmosfèrica
de	German Peplosphäre
en	English Planetary boundary layer
es	Spanish Capa límite planetaria
fa	Persian لایه مرزی سیاره‌ای
fi	Finnish Ilmakehän rajakerros
fr	French Couche limite atmosphérique
it	Italian Strato limite planetario
ja	Japanese 大気境界層
ko	Korean 대기경계층
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Planetært grenselag
pl	Polish Planetarna warstwa graniczna
pt	Portuguese Camada limite atmosférica
ru	Russian Планетарный пограничный слой
zh	Chinese 大氣邊界層

Best Rank

English: #124349 12.2013

Global: #174566 12.2013

Best Rank

English: #36142 12.2004

Global: #59732 04.2014

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