scholarly journals Stability Dependence and Diurnal Change of Large-Scale Turbulence Structures in the Near-Neutral Atmospheric Boundary Layer Observed from a Meteorological Tower

2014 ◽  
Vol 151 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitsuaki Horiguchi ◽  
Taiichi Hayashi ◽  
Ahoro Adachi ◽  
Shigeru Onogi
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Atmospheric Boundary Layer ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Diurnal Change ◽  
Meteorological Tower ◽  
Turbulence Structures ◽  
Scale Turbulence

scholarly journals Large-scale turbulence structures in a laboratory-scale boundary layer under steady and gusty wind inflows

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
W. J. Li ◽  
Y. Zhang ◽  
B. Yang ◽  
J. W. Su ◽  
Y. W. Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Laboratory Scale ◽  
Turbulence Structures ◽  
Scale Turbulence

scholarly journals A Combined Local and Nonlocal Closure Model for the Atmospheric Boundary Layer. Part I: Model Description and Testing

2007 ◽  
Vol 46 (9) ◽  
pp. 1383-1395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan E. Pleim
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Atmospheric Boundary Layer ◽  
Convective Boundary Layer ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Eddy Diffusion ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Convective Conditions ◽  
Convective Boundary ◽  
Scale Turbulence ◽  
Convective Model

Abstract The modeling of the atmospheric boundary layer during convective conditions has long been a major source of uncertainty in the numerical modeling of meteorological conditions and air quality. Much of the difficulty stems from the large range of turbulent scales that are effective in the convective boundary layer (CBL). Both small-scale turbulence that is subgrid in most mesoscale grid models and large-scale turbulence extending to the depth of the CBL are important for the vertical transport of atmospheric properties and chemical species. Eddy diffusion schemes assume that all of the turbulence is subgrid and therefore cannot realistically simulate convective conditions. Simple nonlocal closure PBL models, such as the Blackadar convective model that has been a mainstay PBL option in the fifth-generation Pennsylvania State University–National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesoscale Model (MM5) for many years and the original asymmetric convective model (ACM), also an option in MM5, represent large-scale transport driven by convective plumes but neglect small-scale, subgrid turbulent mixing. A new version of the ACM (ACM2) has been developed that includes the nonlocal scheme of the original ACM combined with an eddy diffusion scheme. Thus, the ACM2 is able to represent both the supergrid- and subgrid-scale components of turbulent transport in the convective boundary layer. Testing the ACM2 in one-dimensional form and comparing it with large-eddy simulations and field data from the 1999 Cooperative Atmosphere–Surface Exchange Study demonstrates that the new scheme accurately simulates PBL heights, profiles of fluxes and mean quantities, and surface-level values. The ACM2 performs equally well for both meteorological parameters (e.g., potential temperature, moisture variables, and winds) and trace chemical concentrations, which is an advantage over eddy diffusion models that include a nonlocal term in the form of a gradient adjustment.

How is the marine atmospheric boundary layer turbulence organized in the trades ?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre-Etienne Brilouet ◽  
Marie Lothon ◽  
Sandrine Bony
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Atmospheric Boundary Layer ◽  
Vertical Velocity ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Layer Structure ◽  
Potential Temperature ◽  
Surface Wind ◽  
Cloud Amount ◽  
Velocity Spectrum ◽  
Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer

<p>Tradewind clouds can exhibit a wide diversity of mesoscale organizations, and the turbulence of marine atmospheric boundary layer (MABL) can exhibit coherent structures and mesoscale circulations. One of the objectives of the EUREC4A (Elucidating the role of cloud-circulation coupling in climate) field experiment was to better understand the tight interplay between the mesoscale organization of clouds, boundary-layer processes, and the large-scale environment.</p><p>During the experiment, that took place East of Barbados over the Western Tropical Atlantic Ocean in Jan-Feb 2020, the French ATR-42 research aircraft was devoted to the characterization of the cloud amount and of the subcoud layer structure. <span>During its 17 research flights, </span><span>it</span> <span>sampled a </span><span>large diversity of large scale conditions and </span><span>cloud patterns</span><span>. </span>Multiple sensors onboard t<span>he aircraft measure</span><span>d</span> <span>high-frequency </span><span>fluctuations of potential temperature, water vapour mixing ratio and wind , allowing </span><span>for </span><span>an extensive characterization </span><span> of</span><span> the turbulence </span><span>within</span><span> the subcloud layer. </span> <span>A </span><span>quality-controled and calibrated turbulence data</span><span>set</span><span> was produced </span><span>on the basis of these measurements</span><span>, which is now </span><span> available on the EUREC4A AERIS data portal.</span></p><p><span>The </span><span>MABL </span><span>turbulent </span><span>structure i</span><span>s</span><span> studied </span><span>using this dataset, </span><span>through a spectral analysis </span><span>of the vertical velocity</span><span>. Vertical profiles of characteristic length scales reveal a non-isotropic structure with a stretching of the eddies along the mean wind. The organization strength of the turbulent field is also explored </span><span>by defining</span><span> a diagnostic based on the shape of the vertical velocity spectrum. </span><span>The </span><span>structure and the degree of organization of the </span><span>subcloud layer </span><span>are</span><span> characterized for </span><span> different type</span><span>s</span><span> of mesoscale </span><span>convective </span><span>pattern </span><span>and </span><span>as a function of</span><span> the large-scale environment, </span><span>including</span> <span>near-</span><span>surface wind </span><span>and</span> <span>lower-</span><span>tropospheric</span><span> stability conditions.</span></p><p> </p>

Triadic scale interactions in a turbulent boundary layer

2015 ◽  
Vol 767 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subrahmanyam Duvvuri ◽  
Beverley J. McKeon
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Turbulent Boundary Layer ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Velocity Signal ◽  
Small Scales ◽  
Amplitude Modulation Coefficient ◽  
Scale Turbulence ◽  
Scale Motion ◽  
Phase Relationships

AbstractA formal relationship between the skewness and the correlation coefficient of large and small scales, termed the amplitude modulation coefficient, is established for a general statistically stationary signal and is analysed in the context of a turbulent velocity signal. Both the quantities are seen to be measures of phase in triadically consistent interactions between scales of turbulence. The naturally existing phase relationships between large and small scales in a turbulent boundary layer are then manipulated by exciting a synthetic large-scale motion in the flow using a spatially impulsive dynamic wall roughness perturbation. The synthetic scale is seen to alter the phase relationships, or the degree of modulation, in a quasi-deterministic manner by exhibiting a phase-organizing influence on the small scales. The results presented provide encouragement for the development of a practical framework for favourable manipulation of energetic small-scale turbulence through large-scale inputs in a wall-bounded turbulent flow.

scholarly journals Climatological perspectives of air transport from atmospheric boundary layer to tropopause layer over Asian monsoon regions during boreal summer inferred from Lagrangian approach

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (13) ◽  
pp. 5827-5839 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Chen ◽  
X. D. Xu ◽  
S. Yang ◽  
T. L. Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Atmospheric Boundary Layer ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Transport Model ◽  
Asian Summer Monsoon ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Boreal Summer ◽  
The Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Source Regions

Abstract. The Asian Summer Monsoon (ASM) region has been recognized as a key region that plays a vital role in troposphere-to-stratosphere transport (TST), which can significant impact the budget of global atmospheric constituents and climate change. However, the details of transport from the boundary layer (BL) to tropopause layer (TL) over these regions, particularly from a climatological perspective, remain an issue of uncertainty. In this study, we present the climatological properties of BL-to-TL transport over the ASM region during boreal summer season (June-July-August) from 2001 to 2009. A comprehensive tracking analysis is conducted based on a large ensemble of TST-trajectories departing from the atmospheric BL and arriving at TL. Driven by the winds fields from NCEP/NCAR Global Forecast System, all the TST-trajectories are selected from the high resolution datasets generated by the Lagrangian particle transport model FLEXPART using a domain-filling technique. Three key atmospheric boundary layer sources for BL-to-TL transport are identified with their contributions: (i) 38% from the region between tropical Western Pacific region and South China Seas (WP) (ii) 21% from Bay of Bengal and South Asian subcontinent (BOB), and (iii) 12% from the Tibetan Plateau, which includes the South Slope of the Himalayas (TIB). Controlled by the different patterns of atmospheric circulation, the air masses originated from these three source regions are transported along the different tracks into the TL. The spatial distributions of three source regions keep similarly from year to year. The timescales of transport from BL to TL by the large-scale ascents r-range from 1 to 7 weeks contributing up to 60–70% of the overall TST, whereas the transport governed by the deep convection overshooting become faster on a timescales of 1–2 days with the contributions of 20–30%. These results provide clear policy implications for the control of very short lived substances, especially for the source regions over Indian subcontinent with increasing populations and developing industries.

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