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An Analytical Footprint Model For Non-Neutral Stratification 总被引:9,自引:6,他引:9
We propose an analytical model for the so-called footprint of scalar fluxes in the atmospheric boundary layer. It is the generalization of formulations already given in the literature, which allows to account for thermal stability. Our model is only marginally more complicated than these, and it is therefore simple enough to be applicable for a routine footprint analysis within long-term measurements. The mathematical framework of our model is a stationary gradient diffusion formulation with height-independent crosswind dispersion. It uses the solution of the resulting two-dimensional advection – diffusion equation for power law profiles of the mean wind velocity and the eddy diffusivity. To find the adjoint Monin–Obukhov similarity profile, we propose two different approaches, a purely analytical one and a simplenumerical error minimalization. 相似文献
2.
Turbulence Intensity Parameters over a Very Complex Terrain 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
Cintya A. Martins Osvaldo L. L. Moraes Otávio C. Acevedo Gervásio A. Degrazia 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》2009,133(1):35-45
Detailed knowledge of turbulence structure is important for the understanding of atmospheric phenomena in the boundary layer,
especially over complex terrain. In the present study, turbulence intensity parameters are analyzed for different conditions
regarding stability, wind speed and wind direction over a mountainous region. The purpose of the analysis is to verify whether
the observed parameters follow Monin–Obukhov similarity theory (MOST), despite the terrain heterogeneity. The dataset was
collected during an experimental campaign at the Nova Roma do Sul site, in southern Brazil, with a micrometeorological tower
located near a sharp slope, approximately 400 m high. The results show that the normalized standard deviations of the vertical
velocity component as well as the normalized standard deviation of temperature follow Monin–Obukhov similarity for all stability
regimes, regardless of the wind direction. However the normalized standard deviation of the horizontal components of the turbulent
velocity obeys the similarity relationship only for a limited range of the stability parameters. 相似文献
3.
Using the conditional average formulation, we suggest a new explanation for why the stress in the atmospheric surface layer is often observed to
vary with height. In essence, because turbulence series are always correlated for small lags, the steady-state equations of
motion with negligible viscous terms that traditionally require vertical fluxes to be constant with height accordingly now
require the vertical fluxes to vary with height. This result has implications for interpreting and validating Monin–Obukhov
similarity theory. 相似文献
4.
Local Imbalance of Turbulent Kinetic Energy in the Surface Layer 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
We utilize experimental data collected in 2002 over an open field in Hanford, Washington, USA, to investigate the turbulent
kinetic energy (TKE) budget in the atmospheric surface layer. The von Kármán constant was determined from the near-neutral
wind profiles to be 0.36 ± 0.02 rather than the classical value of 0.4. The TKE budget was normalized and all terms were parameterized
as functions of a stability parameter z/L, where z is the distance from the ground and L is the Obukhov length. The shear production followed the Businger–Dyer relation for −2 < z/L < 1. Contrary to the traditional Monin–Obukhov similarity theory (MOST), the shear, buoyancy and dissipation terms were found
to be imbalanced due to a non-zero vertical transport over all stabilities. Motivated by this local imbalance, modified parameterizations
of the dissipation and the turbulent transport were attempted and generated good agreement with the experimental data. Assuming
stationarity and horizontal homogeneity, the pressure transport was estimated from the residual of the TKE budget. 相似文献
5.
We present a comparison between several methods used to reconstruct fluxes and vertical profiles of wind, temperature and
humidity from measurements at two levels in the atmospheric surface layer for different practical applications. An analytical
method and an iterative method are tested by evaluating the quality of estimations of surface fluxes from detailed field measurements
obtained during a campaign on the site of Lannemezan in the south-west of France. The iterative method yields better results,
but the analytical one can give results of the same level of accuracy provided that specific constants in its formulation
are modified. Then these techniques are applied to wind and temperature reconstruction for an experiment dedicated to wind
power estimates over flat terrain. If turbulent fluxes are not needed, a simple power law appears to be sufficient, as the
method based on Monin–Obukhov theory does not improve the accuracy of the vertical profile reconstruction. 相似文献
6.
Koen De Ridder 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》2010,134(2):257-267
In the roughness sublayer (RSL), Monin–Obukhov surface layer similarity theory fails. This is problematic for atmospheric
modelling applications over domains that include rough terrain such as forests or cities, since in these situations numerical
models often have the lowest model level located within the RSL. Based on empirical RSL profile functions for momentum and
scalar quantities, and scaling the height with the RSL height z
*, we derive a simple bulk transfer relation that accounts for RSL effects. To verify the validity of our approach, these relations
are employed together with wind speed and temperature profiles measured over boreal forest during the BOREAS experimental
campaign to estimate momentum and heat fluxes. It is demonstrated that, when compared with observed flux values, the inclusion
of RSL effects in the transfer relations yields a considerable improvement in the estimated fluxes. 相似文献
7.
Monin–Obukhov similarity functions for the structure parameters of temperature and humidity are needed to derive surface heat and water vapour fluxes from scintillometer measurements and it is often assumed that the two functions are identical in the atmospheric surface layer. Nevertheless, this assumption has not yet been verified experimentally. This study investigates the dissimilarity between the turbulent transport of sensible heat and water vapour, with a specific focus on the difference between the Monin–Obukhov similarity functions for the structure parameters. Using two datasets collected over homogeneous surfaces where the surface sources of sensible heat and water vapour are well correlated, we observe that under stable and very unstable conditions, the two functions are similar. This similarity however breaks down under weakly unstable conditions; in that regime, the absolute values of the correlations between temperature and humidity are also observed to be low, most likely due to large-scale eddies that transport unsteadiness, advection or entrainment effects from the outer layer. We analyze and demonstrate how this reduction in the correlation leads to dissimilarity between the turbulent transport of these two scalars and the corresponding Monin–Obukhov similarity functions for their structure parameters. A model to derive sensible and latent heat fluxes from structure parameters without measuring the friction velocity is tested and found to work very well under moderately to strongly unstable conditions (−z/L > 0.5). Finally, we discuss the modelling of the cross-structure parameter over wet surfaces, which is crucial for correcting water vapour effects on optical scintillometer measurements and also for obtaining surface sensible and latent heat fluxes from the two-wavelength scintillometry. 相似文献
8.
Sven-Erik Gryning 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》1999,90(3):479-494
The ability to simulate atmospheric dispersion with models developed for applied use under stable atmospheric stability conditions is discussed. The paper is based on model simulations of three experimental data sets reported in the literature. The Hanford data set covered weakly stable conditions, the Prairie Grass experiments covered both weakly stable and very stable atmospheric conditions, and the Lillestrøm experiment was carried out during very stable conditions. Simulations of these experiments reported in the literature for eight different models are discussed. Applied models based on the Gaussian plume model concept with the spread parameters described in terms of the Pasquill stability classification or Monin–Obukhov similarity relationships are used. Other model types are Lagrangian particle models which also are parameterized in terms of Monin–Obukhov similarity relationships. The applied models describe adequately the dispersion process in a weakly stable atmosphere, but fail during very stable atmospheric conditions. This suggests that Monin–Obukhov similarity theory is an adequate tool for the parameterization of the input parameters to atmospheric dispersion models during weakly stable conditions, but that more detailed parameterisations including other physical processes than those covered by the Monin–Obukhov theory should be developed for the very stable atmosphere. 相似文献
9.
Marieta Cristina Castillo Atsushi Inagaki Manabu Kanda 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》2011,140(3):453-469
A large-eddy simulation of the atmospheric boundary layer, large enough to contain both an urban surface layer and a convective
mixed layer, was performed to investigate inner-layer and outer-layer scale motions. The objective was to determine the applicability
of Monin–Obukhov similarity theory to inner-layer motions, to investigate the influence of outer-layer motions on surface-layer
structure, as well as to assess the interaction of the two scales of motion. The urban surface roughness consisted of square-patterned
cubic buildings of dimension H (40 m). A spatial filter was used to decompose the two scales in the inertial sublayer. The horizontal square filter of size
10H was effective in separating the inner-layer (surface-layer height ≈ 2 H) and outer-layer scales (boundary-layer height δ ≈ 30H), where the Reynolds stress contribution of the inner layer dominates in the logarithmic layer (depth 2H). Similarity coefficients for velocity fluctuations were successfully determined for inner-layer motions in the surface layer,
proving the robustness of Monin–Obukhov similarity for surface-layer turbulence. The inner-layer structures exhibit streaky
structures that have similar streamwise length but narrower spanwise width relative to the streamwise velocity fluctuation
field, consistent with observations from an outdoor scale model. The outer-layer motions to some extent influence the location
of ejections and sweeps through updraft and downdraft motions, respectively, thus, disturbing the homogeneity and similarity
of inner-layer motions. Although the horizontal averages of the variances and covariance of motions reveal that the Reynolds
stresses are dominated by inner-layer structures, the localized influence of the interaction of outer-layer horizontal and
inner-layer vertical motions on the Reynolds stress is not insignificant. 相似文献
10.
Momentum and sensible heat exchange are studied in an Arctic fjord system in Spitsbergen, Svalbard (Norway), based on tower
measurements taken in January–June 2008. Due to ice-free conditions, the surface layer was unstable for most of the time,
occasionally very unstable. The shape of the fjord and the surrounding topography have a large influence on the wind field.
Low frequency eddies are mainly responsible for occasionally large crosswind momentum transfer that, together with upward
momentum transfer (occurring in 9% of the data), invalidate conventional stability and scaling parameters. When the flow is
along the fjord with moderate or high wind speeds, the Monin–Obukhov similarity theory is applicable. However, the momentum
and the sensible heat exchange in the fjord system differs from the exchange taking place over the open ocean, mainly due
to topographic effects. 相似文献
11.
We examine the unsteady response of a neutral atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) of depth h and friction velocity u * when a uniform surface heat flux is applied abruptly or decreased rapidly over a time scale t<inf>θ</inf> less than about h /(10u *). Standard Monin–Obukhov (MO) relationships are used for the perturbed eddy viscosity profile in terms of the changes to
the heat flux and mean shear. Analytical solutions for changes in temperature, mean wind and shear stress profile are obtained
for the surface layer, when there are small changes in h /|LMO| over the time scale tMO~|L MO|/(10u*) (where L MO and t MO are the length and time scales, respectively). They show that a maximum in the wind speed profile occurs at the top of the
thermal boundary layer for weak surface cooling, i.e. a wind jet, whereas there is a flattening of the profile and no marked
maximum for weak surface heating. The modelled profiles are approximately the same as those obtained from the U.K. Met Office
Unified Model when operating as a mesoscale model at 12-km horizontal resolution. The theoretical model is modified when strong
surface heating is suddenly applied, resulting in a large change in h /|L MO| (>>1), over the time scale t MO. The eddy structure is predicted to change significantly and the addition of convective turbulence increases the shear turbulence
at the ground. A low-level wind jet can form, with convective turbulence adding to the mean momentum of the flow. This was
verified by our laboratory experiment and direct numerical simulations. Additionally, it is shown that the effects of Coriolis
acceleration diminish (rather than as suggested in the literature, amplify) the formation of the wind jets in the situations
considered here. Hence, only when the surface heat flux changes over time scales greater than 1/f (where f is the Coriolis parameter) does the ABL adjust monotonically between its equilibrium states. These results are also applicable
to the ABL passing over spatially varying surface heat fluxes. 相似文献
12.
Impact of Sea-Spray on the Atmospheric Surface Layer 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The feedback effects of sea-spray on the heat and momentum fluxes under equilibrium conditions associated with winds of tropical
cyclones are investigated using a one-dimensional coupled sea-spray and atmospheric surface-layer (ASL) model. This model
is capable of simulating the microphysical aspects of the evaporation of saline water droplets of various sizes and their
dynamic and thermal interaction with the turbulence mixing that is simulated by the Mellor–Yamada 1.5-order closure scheme.
Sea-spray droplet generation is described by a state-of-the-art parametrization that predicts the size spectrum of sea-spray
droplets for a given surface forcing. The results from a series of simulations indicate the way in which evaporating droplets
of various sizes modify the turbulence mixing near the surface, which in turn affects further droplet evaporation. All these
results are direct consequences of the effects of sea-spray on the balance of turbulent kinetic energy in the spray-filled
surface layer. In particular, the overall impact of sea-spray droplets on the mean wind depends on the wind speed at the level
of sea-spray generation. When the wind speed is below 40 m s−1, the droplets are small in size and tend to evaporate substantially and thus cool the spray-filled layer, while for wind
speeds above 50 m s−1, the size of the droplets is so large that they do not have enough time to evaporate much before falling back into the sea.
The sensible heat carried by the droplets is released to the ambient air, increasing the buoyancy of the surface layer and
enhancing the turbulent mixing. The suspension of sea-spray droplets reduces the buoyancy and makes the surface layer more
stable, decreasing the friction velocity and the downward turbulent mixing of momentum. The results from the numerical experiments
also suggest that, in order not to violate the constant flux assumption critical to the Monin–Obukhov similarity theory, a
displacement equal to the mean wave height should be included in the logarithmic profiles of the wind and thermal fields. 相似文献
13.
We test a flexible, idealized mean wind profile for the loweratmosphere that can easily be matched to whatever windobservations may be available. Its intended function is to providea `best guess' wind profile from limited observations, e.g., foruse in dispersion models, and to this end, following earlierauthors, we have matched a Monin–Obukhov layer to a baroclinic Ekman layer.To demonstrate the flexibility of the two-layer wind profile, weoptimize its free parameters to provide best interpolative fits toa sample of multi-level wind profiles. These include model windprofiles extracted from the Canadian Global EnvironmentalMulti-scale weather model (GEM), as well as experimental profilesfrom the Wangara experiment, and from an over-ocean dispersionexperiment (LROD). In most cases the two-layer profile fit issatisfactory. 相似文献
14.
The Weibull distribution is commonly used to describe climatological wind-speed distributions in the atmospheric boundary layer. While vertical profiles of mean wind speed in the atmospheric boundary layer have received significant attention, the variation of the shape of the wind distribution with height is less understood. Previously we derived a probabilistic model based on similarity theory for calculating the effects of stability and planetary boundary-layer depth upon long-term mean wind profiles. However, some applications (e.g. wind energy estimation) require the Weibull shape parameter (k), as well as mean wind speed. Towards the aim of improving predictions of the Weibull- \(k\) profile, we develop expressions for the profile of long-term variance of wind speed, including a method extending our probabilistic wind-profile theory; together these two profiles lead to a profile of Weibull-shape parameter. Further, an alternate model for the vertical profile of Weibull shape parameter is made, improving upon a basis set forth by Wieringa (Boundary-Layer Meteorol, 1989, Vol. 47, 85–110), and connecting with a newly-corrected corollary of the perturbed geostrophic-drag theory of Troen and Petersen (European Wind Atlas, 1989, Risø National Laboratory, Roskilde). Comparing the models for Weibull-k profiles, a new interpretation and explanation is given for the vertical variation of the shape of wind-speed distributions. Results of the modelling are shown for a number of sites, with a discussion of the models’ efficacy and applicability. The latter includes a comparative evaluation of Wieringa-type empirical models and perturbed-geostrophic forms with regard to surface-layer behaviour, as well as for heights where climatological wind-speed variability is not dominated by surface effects. 相似文献
15.
A model was developed to predict the modification with fetch in offshore flow of mixing ratio, air–water exchange flux, and
near-surface vertical gradients in mixing ratio of a scalar due to air–water exchange. The model was developed for planning
and interpretation of air–water exchange flux measurements in the coastal zone. The Lagrangian model applies a mass balance
over the internal boundary layer (IBL) using the integral depth scale approach, previously applied to development of the nocturnal
boundary layer overland. Surface fluxes and vertical profiles in the surface layer were calculated using the NOAA COARE bulk
algorithm and gas transfer model (e.g., Blomquist et al. 2006, Geophys Res Lett 33:1–4). IBL height was assumed proportional to the square root of fetch, and estimates of the IBL growth
rate coefficient, α, were obtained by three methods: (1) calibration of the model to a large dataset of air temperature and humidity modification
over Lake Ontario in 1973, (2) atmospheric soundings from the 2004 New England Air Quality Study and (3) solution of a simplified
diffusion equation and an estimate of eddy diffusivity from Monin–Obukhov similarity theory (MOST). Reasonable agreement was
obtained between the calibrated and MOST values of α for stable, neutral, and unstable conditions, and estimates of α agreed with previously published parametrizations that were valid for the stable IBL only. The parametrization of α provides estimates of IBL height, and the model estimates modification of scalar mixing ratio, fluxes, and near-surface gradients,
under conditions of coastal offshore flow (0–50 km) over a wide range in stability. 相似文献
16.
A significant non-alignment between the mean horizontal wind vector and the stress vector was observed for turbulence measurements
both above the water surface of a large lake, and over a land surface (soybean crop). Possible causes for this discrepancy
such as flow distortion, averaging times and the procedure used for extracting the turbulent fluctuations (low-pass filtering
and filter widths etc.), were dismissed after a detailed analysis. Minimum averaging times always less than 30 min were established
by calculating ogives, and error bounds for the turbulent stresses were derived with three different approaches, based on
integral time scales (first-crossing and lag-window estimates) and on a bootstrap technique. It was found that the mean absolute
value of the angle between the mean wind and stress vectors is highly related to atmospheric stability, with the non-alignment
increasing distinctively with increasing instability. Given a coordinate rotation that aligns the mean wind with the x direction, this behaviour can be explained by the growth of the relative error of the u–w component with instability. As a result, under more unstable conditions the u–w and the v–w components become of the same order of magnitude, and the local stress vector gives the impression of being non-aligned with
the mean wind vector. The relative error of the v–w component is large enough to make it undistinguishable from zero throughout the range of stabilities. Therefore, the standard
assumptions of Monin–Obukhov similarity theory hold: it is fair to assume that the v–w stress component is actually zero, and that the non-alignment is a purely statistical effect. An analysis of the dimensionless
budgets of the u–w and the v–w components confirms this interpretation, with both shear and buoyant production of u–w decreasing with increasing instability. In the v–w budget, shear production is zero by definition, while buoyancy displays very low-intensity fluctuations around zero. As local
free convection is approached, the turbulence becomes effectively axisymetrical, and a practical limit seems to exist beyond
which it is not possible to measure the u-w component accurately. 相似文献
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M. N. Bouin D. Legain O. Traullé S. Belamari G. Caniaux A. Fiandrino F. Lagarde J. Barrié E. Moulin G. Bouhours 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》2012,143(3):451-480
An extra large aperture scintillometer (XLAS) was used over several months across the Thau Lagoon (South of France) to retrieve
one-wavelength scintillation and, thence, sensible heat flux. We present the experiment with the XLAS, an eddy-covariance
station and meteorological stations measuring on or near the Thau Lagoon. Changes implemented to adapt the scintillometry
processing schemes to the above water conditions are presented together with a full error budget, including sensitivity tests
to the relevant parameters of the scintillometer processing scheme. The XLAS error budget amounts to 16% (systematic part)
±50% (random part). Sensible heat fluxes obtained using the XLAS under unstable atmospheric conditions are then compared to
eddy-covariance estimates used as a reference. The scintillometry technique proved to perform satisfactorily in such a watery
environment. Some discrepancies observed between the XLAS and eddy-covariance measurements were investigated according to
the lagoon fraction of the source area, to discriminate whether they were related to deviations from the Monin–Obukhov similarity
theory or to different atmospheric conditions at the respective instrument locations. Local atmospheric conditions agreed
well with the Monin–Obukhov similarity theory, especially measurements with source areas largely composed of the lagoon surface.
Retaining only the measurements with almost only the lagoon surface in the source area improved the agreement between the
XLAS and eddy-covariance measurements. The remaining discrepancies are interpreted as being due to significant location differences
between the two instruments, resulting in different atmospheric conditions, and to size differences in the source areas. 相似文献
18.
A Similarity Model of Subfilter-Scale Energy for Large-Eddy Simulations of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
A scale-similarity model to estimate the subfilter-scale energy using the trace of the Leonard stress tensor is proposed and evaluated for large-eddy simulations of the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL). The model is derived from a stability-dependent model of the energy spectrum in the ABL, which accounts for the effects of buoyancy and mean shear as a function of z/L, the Monin–Obukhov stability variable. An a priori test using ABL turbulence data demonstrates that the model has accurate performance for dimensionless filter widths of Δ/z = 2, 1, and 0.5 for stabilities of −1 ≤ z/L ≤ 0.5, and improves considerably upon a similar model that is derived using an infinite κ −5/3 spectrum. This improvement is especially significant in the first several grid points near the surface in large-eddy simulations of the ABL, where Δ/z is necessarily large. The modelling procedure is then extended to develop a similarity model for the subfilter-scale scalar variance; it is shown to have robust performance for temperature. 相似文献
19.
Turbulence above and within canopies has characteristics distinct from that over rough surfaces. The vertical transport of
momentum and scalars is dominated by coherent structures whose origin is now thought to be the result of the unstable inflexion
in the profile of the mean wind speed established by the application of canopy drag. This distinctive property leads to the
failure of the standard Monin–Obukhov flux–profile relationships over homogeneous canopies, relationships that are assumed
in many surface exchange schemes within numerical weather prediction and general circulation models. A modification of the
flux–profile relationships is presented that incorporates the effects of the canopy turbulence. The subsequent impacts on
the evolution of the surface energy balance and boundary-layer state are investigated within a simple numerical model for
the evolution of the boundary layer and canopy state. By comparing cases with and without the modification it is shown that
canopy-generated turbulence can lead, not only to the alteration of the flux–profile relationships above the canopy, but also
to a different evolution of the surface energy balance and differences in near-surface conditions that would be significant
in numerical weather prediction. More fundamentally, the modifications to the flux–profile relationships imply that parameters
such as the roughness length and displacement height for canopies should not be considered as invariant properties, but rather
as properties that depend on the flow and hence vary systematically with the diabatic stability of the boundary layer. 相似文献
20.
Outlier Problem in Evaluating Similarity Functions in the Stable Atmospheric Boundary Layer 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
Andrey A. Grachev Edgar L. Andreas Christopher W. Fairall Peter S. Guest P. Ola G. Persson 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》2012,144(2):137-155
The gradient-based similarity approach removes turbulent fluxes as governing parameters and replaces them with vertical gradients of mean wind speed and potential temperature. As a result, the gradient Richardson number, Ri, appears as a stability parameter instead of the Monin–Obukhov stability parameter z/L (L is the Obukhov length). The gradient-based scaling is more appropriate for moderate and very stable conditions when the gradients are large and their errors are relatively small whereas z/L becomes ambiguous in these conditions because turbulent fluxes are small. However, the gradient-based formulation is faced with a problem related to the influence of Ri outliers: outliers with high values of Ri can exist in conditions that are really near-neutral. These outliers are mapped into the very stable range in plots in which Ri is the independent variable and may lead to spurious dependencies for bin-averaged data (spurious bin-averaging). This effect is quite large for functions that are steep for the gradient-based scaling. The present study uses the Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean (SHEBA) data to examine the problem and proposes two methods, conditional analysis and independent binning, to limit the influence of outliers on bin-averaging. A disadvantage of the conditional analysis is associated with eliminating outliers based on criteria that could be considered as subjective. The independent bin-averaging method does not have this disadvantage, but the scatter of the bin-averaged points is higher than for the conditional analysis, rendering data analysis and interpretation difficult. 相似文献