Turbulence structure in a stratified boundary layer under stable conditions

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 139-162

  Ohya, Yuji ^a   Neff, David E ^b   Meroney, Robert N ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Buoyancy effect; Stable boundary layer; Thermal stratification; Turbulence structure; Wind tunnel experiment

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE; WIND TUNNEL;

BUOYANCY; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER; STABLE STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 0031457295     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1000205523873     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Andre, J. C. and Mahrt, L.: 1982, 'The Nocturnal Surface Inversion and Influence of Clear-Air Radiative Cooling', J. Atmos. Sci. 39, 864-878.
2. Arya, S. P. S.: 1975, 'Buoyancy Effects in a Horizontal Flat-Plate Boundary Layer', J. Fluid Mech. 68(2), 321-343.
3. Arya, S. P. S. and Plate, E. J.: 1969, 'Modeling of the Stably Stratified Atmospheric Boundary Layer', J. Atmos. Sci. 26, 656-665.
4. Caughey, S. J., Wyngaard, J. C., and Kaimal, J. C.: 1979, 'Turbulence in the Evolving Stable Boundary Layer', J. Atmos. Sci. 36, 1041-1052.
5. Finnigan, J. J. and Einaudi, F.: 1981, 'The Interaction between an Internal Gravity Wave and the Planetary Boundary Layer. Part II: Effect of the wave on the turbulence structure', Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc. 107, 807-832.
6. Finnigan, J. J. , Einaudi, F., and Fua, D.: 1984, 'The Interaction between an Internal Gravity Wave and Turbulence in Stably -Stratified Nocturnal Boundary Layer', J. Atmos. Sci. 41, 2409-2436.
7. Garratt, J. R.: 1982, 'Observations in the Nocturnal Boundary Layer', Boundary-Layer Meteorol. 22, 21-48.
8. Hunt, J. C. R., Kaimal, J. C., and Gaynor, J. E.: 1985, 'Some Observations of Turbulence Structure in Stable Layers', Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc. 111, 793-815.
9. Komori, S., Ueda, H., Ogino, F., and Mizushima, T.: 1983, 'Turbulence Structure in Stably Stratified Open-channel Flows', J. Fluid Mech. 130, 13-26.
10. Kondo, J., Kanechika, O., and Yasuda, N.: 1978, 'Heat and Momentum Transfers under Strong Stability in the Atmospheric Surface Layer', J. Atmos. Sci. 35, 1012-1021.
11. Mahrt, L., Heald, R. C., Lenschow, D. H., Stankov, B. B., and Troen, IB.: 1979, 'An Observational Study of the Structure of the Nocturnal Boundary Layer', Boundary-Layer Meteorol. 17, 249-264.
12. Mahrt, L.: 1985, 'Vertical Structure and Turbulence in the Very Stable Boundary Layer', J. Atmos. Sci. 42, 2333-2349.
13. Meroney, N. R.: 1990, 'Fluid Dynamics of Flow over Hills/Mountains - Insights Obtained Through Physical Modeling', in W. Blumen (ed.), Atmospheric Processes Over Complex Terrain, American Meteorological Society, Meteorological Monographs 23(45), 145-171.
14. Nicholl, C. I. H.: 1970, 'Some Dynamical Effects of Heat on a Turbulent Boundary Layer', J. Fluid Mech. 40, 361-384.
15. Nieuwstadt, F. T. M.: 1984, 'The Turbulent Structure of the Stable, Nocturnal Boundary Layer', J. Atmos. Sci. 41, 2202-2216.
16. Ogawa, Y., Diosey, P. G., Uehara, K., and Ueda, H.: 1982, 'Plume Behavior in Stratified Flows', Res. Rep. Natl. Inst. Environ. Stud. 33, 29-60 (in Japanese).
17. Ogawa, Y., Diosey, P. G., Uehara, K., and Ueda, H.: 1985, 'Wind Tunnel Observation of Flow and Diffusion under Stable Stratification', Atmos. Environ. 19(1), 65-74.
18. Piat, J.-F. and Hopfinger, E. J.: 1981, 'A Boundary Layer Topped by a Density Interface', J. Fluid Mech. 113, 411-432.
19. Plate, E. J. and Cermak, J. E.: 1963, Micrometeorological Wind Tunnel Facility: Description and Characteristics, Fluids Dyn. & Diffusion Lab., Colorado State University, Rep. CER63EJP-JEC9.
20. Stull, R. B.: 1988, An Introduction to Boundary Layer Meteorology, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 666 pp.
21. Yamamoto, S., Yokoyama, O., and Gamo, M.: 1979, 'Observational Study of the Turbulent Structure of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer under Stable Conditions', J. Meteorol. Soc. Japan 57, 423-430.