Often in the literature, you will hear about the Monin-Obukhov length (30,400 results in google today) and Monin-Obukhov similarity theory (9520 results in google today).
Monin-Obukhov similarity theory is the correct term.
But, the length L should only be referred to as the Obkhov Obukhov length, as correctly stated in the AMS Glossary and on Wikipedia.
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Not to be too snarky or nitpicky, I think you mean that [i]L[/i] should be the “Obukhov” length rather than the “Obkhov” length. But I think you made your point either way.
Thank you, Tanya. Fixed.