Turbulence Structure of the Unstable Atmospheric Surface Layer and Transition to the Outer Layer   总被引：4，自引：4，他引：0  

K.G. McNaughton 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》2004,112(2):199-221

We present a new model of the structure of turbulence in the unstable atmospheric surface layer, and of the structural transition between this and the outer layer. The archetypal element of wall-bounded shear turbulence is the Theodorsen ejection amplifier (TEA) structure, in which an initial ejection of air from near the ground into an ideal laminar and logarithmic flow induces vortical motion about a hairpin-shaped core, which then creates a second ejection that is similar to, but larger than, the first. A series of TEA structures form a TEA cascade. In real turbulent flows TEA structures occur in distorted forms as TEA-like (TEAL) structures. Distortion terminates many TEAL cascades and only the best-formed TEAL structures initiate new cycles. In an extended log layer the resulting shear turbulence is a complex, self-organizing, dissipative system exhibiting self-similar behaviour under inner scaling. Spectral results show that this structure is insensitive to instability. This is contrary to the fundamental hypothesis of Monin--Obukhov similarity theory. All TEAL cascades terminate at the top of the surface layer where they encounter, and are severely distorted by, powerful eddies of similar size from the outer layer. These eddies are products of the breakdown of the large eddies produced by buoyancy in the outer layer. When the outer layer is much deeper than the surface layer the interacting eddies are from the inertial subrange of the outer Richardson cascade. The scale height of the surface layer, z _s, is then found by matching the powers delivered to the creation of emerging TEAL structures to the power passing down the Richardson cascade in the outer layer. It is z _s = u _* ³ /k_s, where u _* is friction velocity, k is the von Kármán constant and _s is the rate of dissipation of turbulence kinetic energy in the outer layer immediately above the surface layer. This height is comparable to the Obukhov length in the fully convective boundary layer. Aircraft and tower observations confirm a strong qualitative change in the structure of the turbulence at about that height. The tallest eddies within the surface layer have height z _s, so z _s is a new basis parameter for similarity models of the surface layer.  相似文献   

山地背风涡旋的数值研究     

陈明  傅抱璞 《地理学报》1996,51(6):527-534

本文建立了一个三维原始方程数值模式，模拟山地背风坡的环流系统。模拟结果表明，在较强层结条件下，山地背风坡上地形性中尺度斜压性大大加强，引起背风坡上的反向环流和涡旋偶极子，非粘性动力强迫效应是流场分离的重要机制。  相似文献   

一类奇异孤波解及其在高原低涡结构分析中的应用   总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5  

李国平  蒋静 《气象学报》2000,58(4):447-456

文中利用相平面分析法 ,由非绝热大气运动方程组导出了与非线性重力内波有关的 Kd V方程 ,然后用直接积分法得到两类有意义的孤立波解 ,重点分析了一类具有间断点的奇异孤立波解的特征 ,初步建立了此波解与一类青藏高原暖性低涡的联系 ,讨论了高原加热和层结稳定度对高原低涡生成和移动的影响 ,并且从理论上论证了高原低涡具有与热带气旋类低涡( Tropical cyclone- like vortices)类似的涡眼和暖心结构  相似文献   

海洋中长生命反气旋涡在地形上的演变以及涡旋的合并现象     

罗德海  卢燕 《海洋与湖沼》2000,31(4):363-369

通过对海洋中长生命反气旋涡在Ｇａｕｓｓ型孤立地形上演变的研究,发现地形对长生命反气旋涡的发展和传播有相当重要的影响。在无地形作用的情况下,仅有反气旋涡能够存在于向西的均匀基流中,这个涡是长生命的,并且在西移过程中有明显的向西倾斜。然而当其上游存在一个孤立地形时,可以发现这个涡有一个向东的倾斜,它的强度将增强且向西的移速会增加,其规迹象陀螺的运动。另一方面,当两个强度相同的反气旋涡同时存在时,这两个  相似文献   

双台风生消过程涡旋能量、水汽输送相互影响的三维物理图像   总被引：7，自引：2，他引：5  

徐洪雄  徐祥德  陈斌  陈联寿  朱复成 《气象学报》2013,71(5):825-838

重点研究“莫拉克”台风发展并登陆台湾,以及“天鹅”台风消亡阶段两者相互作用的问题。通过诊断分析发现“莫拉克”与“天鹅”移动过程存在双台风涡旋互旋、吸引与合并现象。采用双台风中心连线的垂直剖面移动坐标分析法可揭示出双台风涡度、风场三维结构,演变过程中双台风的涡度、动能强度呈反向变化关系,在双台风生消过程中,动能、位涡场分布存在显著“连体”通道特征。并揭示出双台风涡旋各自生、消过程水汽、动能可能存在的相互影响及其涡旋结构变化的内在关联。对“天鹅”消亡、“莫拉克”引发暴雨过程,采用Flexpart-WRF耦合模式模拟“质点群”轨迹,模拟结果再现了双台风生消阶段“天鹅”台风水汽“粒子群”向“莫拉克”低层气旋式输入通道,且在“莫拉克”涡旋高层反气旋式卷出的三维立体动态图像。通过剔除“天鹅”台风涡旋数值模拟试验进一步印证了“天鹅”台风趋于消弱过程其水汽、动能输送为“莫拉克”台风发展与维持做出了一定贡献。基于以上合成分析、轨迹和数值模拟技术综合分析提出了能揭示“天鹅”消亡、“莫拉克”发展过程能量、水汽输送相互影响的三维物理图像。  相似文献   

Steady multipolar planar vortices with nonlinear critical layers     

P. Caillol & R. Grimshaw 《地球物理与天体物理流体动力学》2013,107(6):473-506

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Cyclonic-anticyclonic asymmetry and a new soliton concept for rossby vortices in the laboratory,oceans and the atmospheres of giant planets     

M. V. Nezlin  A. Yu. Rylov  A. S. Trubnikov  A. V. Khutoretskiibreve 《地球物理与天体物理流体动力学》2013,107(4):211-247

Abstract

It is demonstrated in laboratory experiments with rotating shallow water that large scale Rossby vortices, greater than the Rossby-Obukhov radius in size, have dispersive and non-linear properties that are fundamentally different for the two possible polarities. We call this “cyclonic-anticyclonic asymmetry”. This asymmetry manifests itself in the following way: first, anticylones, unlike cyclones, do not undergo the dispersive spreading inherent in a linear wave packet. and therefore, having a considerably longer natural lifetime, are obvious candidates for Rossby solitons; second, dipolar vortices are, because of the comparatively rapid decay of a cyclone, transformed into anticyclonic solitons; third, anticyclones are much more readily generated by zonal flows of the type existing in planetary atmospheres. The evident dominance of anticyclones amongst the long-lived vortices in the atmospheres of giant planets strongly suggests that the cyclonic-anticyclonic symmetry plays a decisive role in the atmospheric cyclogenesis of large planets.

According to our concept, the Rossby soliton is a “real” vortex; unlike a wave, it retains some fluid particles within it throughout its lifetime. Two similar solitons can merge by mutual collisions. This picture of a “vortical” soliton differs in an essential way from the earlier idea due to Maxworthy and Redekopp (1976) of purely “wave-like” Rossby solitons that can freely pass through one another.

Laboratory experiments were performed by us to simulate the new Rossby solition, with special reference to naturally-occurring vortices of the same general type as Jupiter's great red spot. The experimental data presented contradict the idea of “pure wave solitons” but confirm our concept of “vortical solutions”.  相似文献   

Three-dimensional turbulent structures at a medium-sized confluence with and without an ice cover     

Pascale M. Biron  Thomas Buffin-Bélanger  Nancy Martel 《地球表面变化过程与地形》2019,44(15):3042-3056

River confluences are characterized by a complex mixing zone with three-dimensional (3D) turbulent structures which have been described as both streamwise-oriented structures and Kelvin–Helmholtz (KH) vertical-oriented structures. The latter are visible where there is a turbidity difference between the two tributaries, whereas the former are usually derived from mean velocity measurements or numerical simulations. Few field studies recorded turbulent velocity fluctuations at high frequency to investigate these structures, particularly at medium-sized confluences where logistical constraints make it difficult to use devices such as acoustic doppler velocimeter (ADV). This study uses the ice cover present at the confluence of the Mitis and Neigette Rivers in Quebec (Canada) to obtain long-duration, fixed measurements along the mixing zone. The confluence is also characterized by a marked turbidity difference which allows to investigate the mixing zone dynamics from drone imagery during ice-free conditions. The aim of the study is to characterize and compare the flow structure in the mixing zone at a medium-sized (~40 m) river confluence with and without an ice cover. Detailed 3D turbulent velocity measurements were taken under the ice along the mixing plane with an ADV through eight holes at around 20 positions on the vertical. For ice-free conditions, drone imagery results indicate that large (KH) coherent structures are present, occupying up to 50% of the width of the parent channel. During winter, the ice cover affects velocity profiles by moving the highest velocities towards the centre of the profiles. Large turbulent structures are visible in both the streamwise and lateral velocity components. The strong correlation between these velocity components indicates that KH vortices are the dominating coherent structures in the mixing zone. A spatio-temporal conceptual model is presented to illustrate the main differences on the 3D flow structure at the river confluence with and without the ice cover. © 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Synoptic features and structures of some equatorial vortices over the South China Sea in the Malaysian region during the winter monsoon,December 1973     

Boon Khean Cheang 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1977,115(5-6):1303-1333

In December 1973, Peninsular Malaysia and Sarawak experienced a few periods of heavy rain caused by westward moving equatorial vortices from the South China Sea. In this report, the synoptic characteristies associated with the development and intersification of these vortices are shown. Structure of one of the disturbances was examined. Disturbances in the trades associated with lateral shear were found to be important for the genesis of the equatorial vortices. However, the intensification of these disturbances depended on the interaction with the cold monsoon surge.  相似文献   

Point vortex dynamics for coupled surface/interior QG and propagating heton clusters in models for ocean convection     

Chjan C. Lim  Andrew J. Majda 《地球物理与天体物理流体动力学》2013,107(3-4):177-220

Abstract

The dynamic behavior of baroclinic point vortices in two-layer quasi-geostrophic flow provides a compact model for studying the transport of heat in a variety of geophysical flows including recent heton models for open ocean convection as a response to spatially localized intense surface cooling. In such heton models, the exchange of heat with the region external to the compact cooling region reaches a statistical equilibrium through the propagation of tilted heton clusters. Such tilted heton clusters are aggregates of cyclonic vortices in the upper layer and anti-cyclonic vortices in the lower layer which collectively propagate almost as an elementary tilted heton pair even though the individual vortices undergo shifts in their relative locations. One main result in this paper is a mathematical theorem demonstrating the existence of large families of long-lived propagating heton clusters for the two-layer model in a fashion compatible to a remarkable degree with the earlier numerical simulations. Two-layer quasi-geostrophic flow is an idealization of coupled surface/interior quasi-geostrophic flow. The second family of results in this paper involves the systematic development of Hamiltonian point vortex dynamics for coupled surface/interior QG with an emphasis on propagating solutions that transport heat. These are novel vortex systems of mixed species where surface heat particles interact with quasi-geostrophic point vortices. The variety of elementary two-vortex exact solutions that transport heat include two surface heat particles of opposite strength, tilted pairs of a surface heat particle coupled to an interior vortex of opposite strength and two interior tilted vortices of opposite strength at different depths. The propagation speeds of the tilted elementary hetons in the coupled surface/interior QG model are compared and contrasted with those in the simpler two-layer heton models. Finally, mathematical theorems are presented for the existence of large families of propagating long-lived tilted heton clusters for point vortex solutions in coupled surface/interior QG flow.  相似文献