湍流的频散效应对行星边界层大气平衡运动的影响

本文应用包含湍流粘性和湍流频散效应的新的Reynolds平均运动方程求解了行星边界层中大气的平衡运动,着重分析了湍流频散效应对平衡运动的影响。分析指出:(1)考虑了湍流频散效应后,在γ>0时,Ekman层风速随高度的变化减缓,而Ekman层厚度增大,新的Ekman螺线更加附会于实际;(2)考虑了湍流频散效应后,近地面层中性层结下的风速随高度变化仍呈对数定律,只是Karman常数     

湍流频散对边界层风廓线的影响

应用包括湍流粘性和频散的新的Reynolds平均动量方程，分析了边界层的垂直风速廓线，发现包含湍流频散的地面层的风速廓线对经典的风廓线指数规律有一个对数规律的修改；而且在不稳定层结下比在稳定层结下，湍流的频散效应更为显；在中性条件下，指数规律退化为对数规律并且Karman常数被另外一个常数所代替，而这个新常数也可以通过相似理论来获得。     

频散效应对近地面层风速廓线的影响

应用含湍流频散效应的近地面层的运动方程求解了不同层结下的风速廓线，着重分析了湍流频散效应对近地面层平稳运动的影响。分析指出：湍流的频散效应对经典的幂律廓线一对数修正，该修正在不稳定层结时比稳定层时明显；利用相似理论也得到了该常数。     

“罗莎”台风波动特征与浙江远距离降水相互关系的初步研究

利用NCEP 1°×1°再分析格点资料和浙江省自动站降水资料,分析了2007年"罗莎"台风能量频散的波动特征与浙江省远距离台风降水之间的关系。结果表明:1)由于浙江省所处纬度相对较低,其远距离台风降水的形成过程与北方(西北和华北)典型的远距离台风暴雨存在本质区别,浙江省远距离台风降水主要是台风能量频散的波动效应所引起,而北方远距离台风暴雨的形成过程主要是西风槽和台风外围环流相互作用的结果。2)影响浙江省远距离降水的台风在整个台风环流登陆前有向降水区的能量频散过程,这种能量频散过程在对流层中低层波动特征不明显,因而能量频散的距离相对较小;在对流层中高层,台风能量频散表现出清楚的波动特征,能够影响到较远距离外的天气系统,从而引起局地降水的增加。3)台风能量频散的波动效应在远距离降水区的上空形成一个正涡量区,之后该正涡量区以波动的形式向下传播,导致降水区对流层中下层气旋性涡旋形成,造成局地降水或降水增加。     

论大气波扰能量的传播路径

本文采用自然坐标系,在绝热无摩擦的假定下,对大气波扰能量的频散路径进行了探讨。指出:波扰能量的频散方向与流线方向有关。在一定的急流结构和流线有散合的条件下可以存在穿越流线的能量频散,波数愈小,愈是如此。急流的“入”、“出”口区的存在,对这种现象的发生提供有利的流场背景。     

集合变分法在大气边界层湍流粘性系数反演中的应用

利用集合变分法研究了大气边界层EK模式(考虑了水平气压梯度力、科氏力和湍流粘性力3力平衡的大气边界层模式)中湍流粘性系数的反演问题.首先利用集合变分法推导了目标函数关于反演参数的梯度表达式,然后给出了反演计算方案,最后再就反演湍流粘性系数k进行了一系列理想数值试验.数值试验结果表明:利用集合变分法对EK模式中的湍流粘性系数的反演比较成功.通过适当调整集合数,初始扰动均方差及初始值的大小,可以进一步提高集合变分法对湍流粘性系数k的反演精度.将集合变分法应用于大气边界层参数的反演是一种值得研究的计算方案.     

中高纬度Rossby波活动对华南前汛期EAP事件中期演变过程的影响

文中从中期过程的角度探讨了Rossby波活动在华南前汛期东亚-太平洋遥相关型事件的形成、成熟和衰减过程中的作用,并得出如下结果:(1)正负东亚-太平洋遥相关型事件的形成过程有相似之处:在对流层中上层,源自东北大西洋或欧洲的Rossby波在欧亚大陆中高纬弱波导区中不断地向下游频散,最终在东亚地区形成东亚-太平洋遥相关型事件的3个异常中心。在东亚-太平洋遥相关型事件的3个异常中心之间,Rossby波能量从高纬度向中纬度和副热带地区频散。东亚-太平洋遥相关型事件副热带异常中心的形成归因于东亚副热带急流波导的存在以及上游中高纬度地区Rossby波能量的注入。在对流层低层,Rossby波则从亚洲副热带地区向东亚中纬度地区频散。(2)东亚-太平洋遥相关型事件的3个异常中心在对流层中上层中,西太平洋副热带地区异常中心最后形成。(3)正负东亚-太平洋遥相关型事件也并不是简单的反位相演变过程:在对流层中上层,在正事件成熟阶段,斯堪的纳维亚半岛上的正异常环流基本维持了其中心强度和位置,它不断地向下游东亚地区频散能量,使正事件的持续时间较长;在负事件中,由于中高纬度盛行纬向型环流,波能量的频散较快,因而负事件成熟阶段的持续时间比正事件短。(4)在这一时期,东亚-太平洋遥相关型事件对中国长江以南地区的降水形势具有显著的影响。正(负)东亚-太平洋遥相关型事件易引起长江以南降水异常偏多(少)。     

频散效应对Rossby波动量和热量输送的影响

本文分析了扰动的频散效应对Ｒｏｓｓｂｙ波动量和热量输送的影响，分析指出：（１）频散效应是大气大尺度运动中扰动动能向平均动能转换（即能量逆转）的根本原因，也是扰动有效位能转化为扰动动能所必不可少的。（２）正压大气大尺度运动扰动动能转化为平均动能的充分条件为基本气流水平切变的特征宽度Ｌ（１）小于临界宽度Ｌｃ≡｜γ     

从湍流经典理论到大气湍流非平衡态热力学理论

湍流是日常生活中一种普遍的自然现象,也是经典物理学仍未完全解决的难题。湍流更是大气运动的最基本特征。本文系统地回顾了大气湍流经典理论发展简史,进一步详细介绍了大气湍流非平衡态热力学理论。大气湍流非平衡态热力学理论在熵平衡方程中引入动力过程,进而统一推导出大气湍流输送的Fourier定律、Flick定律和Newton定律,证明了Dufour效应、Soret效应、可逆动力过程与热力不可逆湍流输送过程之间的交叉耦合效应,以及湍流强度定理。这些定律和定理中得到了观测的事实验证,同时它们的唯象系数也由观测资料所确定。湍流强度定理揭示,湍流发展的宏观原因是速度和温度的剪切效应,Reynolds湍流和Rayleigh-Bénard湍流共存于大气湍流中。热力过程和动力过程间耦合效应现象的发现突破了传统湍流输送理论,即Fourier定律、Flick定律和Newton定律的观点——一个宏观量的输送通量等价于这个宏观量的梯度湍流输送通量。热力和动力过程间的耦合原理认为,一个宏观量的输送通量包括这个量的梯度湍流输送通量和速度耦合输送通量两部分。因此,能量和物质的垂直输送通量除了相应物理量梯度造成的湍流输送外,还应包括垂直速度耦合效应,即辐散或辐合运动造成的耦合效应。在一个很宽的尺度范围内,地表面的空间特征是非均匀的。下垫面非均匀性造成的对流运动将引起大气的辐散或辐合运动。这可能是导致地表能量收支不平衡的重要原因之一。垂直速度对垂直湍流输送的交叉耦合效应为非均匀下垫面大气边界层理论的发展,并为克服地表能量收支不平衡问题及非均匀下垫面大气边界层参数化遇到的困难提供了可能的线索。     

复杂构型涡旋能量频散波列的形成过程

能量频散是一个基础性的科学问题,与台风、暴雨以及地震等灾害密切相关,一直受到多学科研究人员和广大预报员的关注。孤立圆涡能量频散波列形成过程己经清楚。但是,造成天气灾害的往往是非孤立圆涡,这里,非孤立圆涡指的是:一个热带气旋(Tropical Cyclone,TC)涡旋和一个中尺度涡构成的复杂构型。非孤立圆涡能量频散波列的形成过程研究目前尚未见报道。本文用线性化的正压无辐散涡度方程,研究了复杂构型的非孤立圆涡能量频散波列的形成过程,并指出该形成过程由三个阶段构成:涡旋东西向非对称结构的形成;涡旋主体东侧,频散高值系统的出现、持续和发展;在频散高值系统的东侧,频散低值系统的出现和加强。这些结果在台风预测中具有应用前景。     

Turbulent dissipation of cold air lake in a basin

Summary Problems of turbulent dissipation of a cold air lake (CAL) and the inversion layer bordering CAL on the upper boundary are presented and studied with the compound model. In wintertime such cold air lakes can persist for days even if rather strong winds are blowing above them. The required conditions for CAL dissipation are removed processes of its formation or maintenance, as well as a sufficiently strong invasion of turbulence in the inversion layer from above down-wards. By this, the inversion layer at first becomes stronger and dissipation is stopped, until the increase of turbulent kinetic energy of the upper flow enables further dissipation. Such turbulent dissipation process is shown by the model for typical conditions and for different initial values of the relevent variables.With 6 Figures     

Turbulence structure in temperature inversions and in convection fields as observed by doppler sodar

The structure of turbulence in an inversion layer and in an homogeneous convective field of the planetary boundary layer is described. In the first part of the paper, we validate the sodar estimates of turbulent dissipation, by using measurements with an hot-wire anemometric system in situ. Limitations of an ε measurement technique using structure function calculations are given, taking account of atmospheric properties and acoustic Doppler instrumental effects. By comparison between isopleths of backscattering intensity and of turbulent dissipation rates, we observe that in the early morning, turbulence is advected by mechanical turbulence generated by wind shear. The same mechanism seems to be operating in the case of an inversion layer capping thermal instability, when the convective activity is not too greatly developed. A turbulent kinetic energy budget is examined using aircraft, sodar, and tower measurements. This indicates a constant turbulent dissipation profile through a deep convective layer.     

On the dispersion effects of atmospheric motion

In this paper a set of new Reynolds averaged equations which contain both the dissipation and dispersion effects are derived by using Prandtl's mixing length theory. The dispersion effects. (b) The dispersion effects alone could result in the inverse energy cascade dispersion effects. (b) The dispersion effects alone could result in the inverse energy cascade which represents the eddies giving up kinetic energy to the mean flow in large-scale motion. The dispersion effects are also necessary for the eddies to gain kinetic energy from available potential energy. The necessary and sufficient conditions of an inverse energy cascade are given. (c) The dispersion effects are used to analyse atmospheric balance motions of the planetary boundary layer and produce a more satisfactory Ekman spiral fit to the observed wind hodograph.     

Turbulence in Continental Stratocumulus,Part II: Eddy Dissipation Rates and Large-Eddy Coherent Structures

This study first illustrates the utility of using the Doppler spectrum width from millimetre wavelength radar to calculate the energy dissipation rate and then to use the energy dissipation rate to study turbulence structure in a continental stratocumulus cloud. It is shown that the turbulence kinetic energy dissipation rate calculated from the radar-measured Doppler spectrum width agrees well with that calculated from the Doppler velocity power spectrum. During the 16-h stratocumulus cloud event, the small-scale turbulence contributes 40 % of the total velocity variance at cloud base, 50 % at normalized cloud depth = 0.8 and 70 % at cloud top, which suggests that small-scale turbulence plays a critical role near the cloud top where the entrainment and cloud-top radiative cooling act. The 16-h mean vertical integral length scale decreases from about 160 m at cloud base to 60 m at cloud top, and this signifies that the larger scale turbulence dominates around cloud base whereas the small-scale turbulence dominates around cloud top. The energy dissipation rate, total variance and squared spectrum width exhibit diurnal variations, but unlike marine stratocumulus they are high during the day and lowest around sunset at all levels; energy dissipation rates increase at night with the intensification of the cloud-top cooling. In the normalized coordinate system, the averaged coherent structure of updrafts is characterized by low energy dissipation rates in the updraft core and higher energy dissipation rates surround the updraft core at the top and along the edges. In contrast, the energy dissipation rate is higher inside the downdraft core indicating that the downdraft core is more turbulent. The turbulence around the updraft is weaker at night and stronger during the day; the opposite is true around the downdraft. This behaviour indicates that the turbulence in the downdraft has a diurnal cycle similar to that observed in marine stratocumulus whereas the turbulence diurnal cycle in the updraft is reversed. For both updraft and downdraft, the maximum energy dissipation rate occurs at a cloud depth = 0.8 where the maximum reflectivity and air acceleration or deceleration are observed. Resolved turbulence dominates near cloud base whereas unresolved turbulence dominates near cloud top. Similar to the unresolved turbulence, the resolved turbulence described by the radial velocity variance is higher in the downdraft than in the updraft. The impact of the surface heating on the resolved turbulence in the updraft decreases with height and diminishes around the cloud top. In both updrafts and downdrafts, the resolved turbulence increases with height and reaches a maximum at cloud depth = 0.4 and then decreases to the cloud top; the resolved turbulence near cloud top, just as the unresolved turbulence, is mostly due to the cloud-top radiative cooling.     

Observation of a Self-Limiting,Shear-Induced Turbulent Inversion Layer Above Marine Stratocumulus

High-resolution measurements of thermodynamic, microphysical, and turbulence properties inside a turbulent inversion layer above a marine stratocumulus cloud layer are presented. The measurements are performed with the helicopter-towed measurement payload Airborne Cloud Turbulence Observation System (ACTOS), which allows for sampling with low true air speeds and steep profiles through cloud top. Vertical profiles show that the turbulent inversion layer consists of clear air above the cloud top, with nearly linear profiles of potential temperature, horizontal wind speed, absolute humidity, and concentration of interstitial aerosol. The layer is turbulent, with an energy dissipation rate nearly the same as that in the lower cloud, suggesting that the two are actively coupled, but with significant anisotropic turbulence at the large scales within the turbulent inversion layer. The turbulent inversion layer is traversed six times and the layer thickness is observed to vary between 37 and 85 m, whereas the potential temperature and horizontal wind speed differences at the top and bottom of the layer remain essentially constant. The Richardson number therefore increases with increasing layer thickness, from approximately 0.2 to 0.7, suggesting that the layer develops to the point where shear production of turbulence is sufficiently weak to be balanced by buoyancy suppression. This picture is consistent with prior numerical simulations of the evolution of turbulence in localized stratified shear layers. It is observed that the large eddy scale is suppressed by buoyancy and is on the order of the Ozmidov scale, much less than the thickness of the turbulent inversion layer, such that direct mixing between the cloud top and the free troposphere is inhibited, and the entrainment velocity tends to decrease with increasing turbulent inversion-layer thickness. Qualitatively, the turbulent inversion layer likely grows through nibbling rather than engulfment.     

安徽沿长江东部春季一次大范围雾天气过程诊断分析

利用地面气象观测资料、高空探测资料、NCEP再分析资料、芜湖市边界层风廓线雷达资料和高速公路气象观测站资料,分析了2012年3月6日安徽省沿长江东部大范围雾天气过程形成的环流背景及雾生消的物理条件。结果表明：安徽沿江东部地区此次春季大范围雾的性质为辐射雾,雾发生时雾区上空为西到西南风为主,无明显冷空气影响,地面为高压控制的均压场,有利于雾的生成和维持。由雾生消的物理条件可知,近地面水汽条件较好和长波辐射降温造成的水汽凝结是此次大范围雾形成的重要原因。地面辐射降温形成的近地面逆温层有利于雾的维持,且随着近地面逆温层的抬升,雾层变厚并发展。低空的逆温层则形成稳定的层结,阻止水汽向上传输。近地面风速大小合适,风垂直切变小,低层有湍流,中层无明显上升运动,构成雾形成的有利动力条件;而湿层变厚又阻止了水汽向高层交换,有利于雾的生成和维持。日出后,太阳辐射增强,有利于雾发生和维持的地面辐射降温、逆温和动力条件逐渐消失,雾逐渐消散。     

Multifractal Characteristics of Intermittent Turbulence in the Urban Canopy Layer

The multifractality of energy and thermal dissipation of fully developed intermittent turbulence is investigated in the urban canopy layer under unstable conditions by the singularity spectrum for the fractal dimensions of sets of singularities characterizing multifractals. In order to obtain high-order moment properties of smallscale turbulent dissipation in the inertial range, an ultrasonic anemometer with a high sampling frequency of 100 Hz was used. The authors found that the turbulent signal could be singular everywhere. Moreover, the singular exponents of energy and thermal dissipation rates are most frequently encountered at around 0.2, which is significantly smaller than the singular exponents for a wind tunnel at a moderate Reynolds number. The evidence indicates a higher intermittency of turbulence in the urban canopy layer at a high Reynolds number, which is demonstrated by the data with high temporal resolution. Furthermore, the temperature field is more intermittent than the velocity field. In addition, a large amount of samples could be used for verification of the results.     

Pollutant dispersion close to an urban surface – the BUBBLE tracer experiment

Summary In this publication first results of an urban tracer experiment are reported. This experiment was realized in the framework of the Basel UrBan Boundary-Layer Experiment (BUBBLE) in an area with abundant information on turbulence and flow conditions available. Release height was close to roof level and so was the height of the concentration samplers. The meteorological conditions during the experiments were mainly convective, but due to the rough character of the underlying surface also the mechanical turbulence was substantial.The concentration distribution is found to be essentially Gaussian in the horizontal plane and some commonly used methods to estimate the plume widths in applied dispersion models are compared to the observations. From measurements at one site downwind of the source it is found that for a near-roof level source, only an insignificant vertical gradient in tracer concentration is present within a street canyon. Using a Lagrangian Particle Dispersion Model the tracer experiments are simulated. It is shown that the exact form of the parameterization for the flow and turbulence structure within the urban roughness sublayer is of great importance for the simulation results. Also the numerical simulation results underline the necessity (and difficulty) to describe the vertical profile of the dissipation rate of turbulent kinetic energy close to an urban surface.     

Modelling of concentration fluctuations in canopy turbulence

The knowledge of the concentration probability density function (pdf) is of importance in a number of practical applications, and a Lagrangian stochastic (LS) pdf model has been developed to predict statistics and concentration pdf generated by continuous releases of non-reactive and reactive substances in canopy generated turbulence. Turbulent dispersion is modelled using a LS model including the effects of wind shear and along-wind turbulence. The dissipation of concentration fluctuations associated with turbulence and molecular diffusivity is simulated by an Interaction by Exchange with the Conditional Mean (IECM) micromixing model. A general procedure to obtain the micromixing time scale needed in the IECM model useful in non-homogeneous conditions and for single and multiple scalar sources has been developed. An efficient algorithm based on a nested grid approach with particle splitting, merging techniques and time averaging has been used, thus allowing the calculation for cases of practical interest. The model has been tested against wind-tunnel experiments of single line and multiple line releases in a canopy layer. The approach accounted for chemical reactions in a straightforward manner with no closure assumptions, but here the validation is limited to non-reacting scalars.