On Probing the Inertial Subrange

For an extensive turbulent wind speed data set collected on the open ocean, the optimum sampling time is determined to calculate inertial-range spectra. Such spectra are widely used to estimate surface fluxes. The optimum sampling time corresponds to the turbulent memory time, the minimum period after which a given time series can be interpreted as a new independent measurement. In our case, this interval is found to be only about six seconds.Separate spectral levels are calculated from the three measured vector components of the wind. Their ratios are compatible with the assumption of an isotropic inertial subrange, but scatter considerably. Alignment factors are developed based on Kolmogorov's theory, and the aligned spectral levels coincide within a few percent. It is proposed that alignment might be a more reliable test than the ratio of the spectral levels to determine whether observations have taken place in a universal inertial subrange. It is recommended that all three wind components are used to estimate the dissipation rate.     

Comparison Between Eddy-Correlation and Inertial Dissipation Methods in the Marine Atmospheric Surface Layer

A comparison of momentum fluxes determined by the eddy-correlation method(ECM) and the inertial dissipation method (IDM) has been performed using longterm measurements over the sea. The measurements were made on the island ofÖstergarnsholm in the middle of the Baltic Sea. The results show that a`classical' form of the inertial dissipation method, i.e., assuming that the transportterms are negligible, and using an effective value for the Kolmogorov constant of0.55, can be used with a mean relative difference between the two methods of about15% for -1 < z/L < 0.5 (z being height and L the Obukhov length). The IDMmethod works best for high wind speeds and neutral conditions. For low windspeeds (U < 6 m s^-1) the relation between the two methods is morecomplex. IDM then gives higher values than ECM on the average (about 20%),especially for swell conditions, indicating the need for an imbalance function inthe turbulent kinetic energy budget. Calculations of the effective Kolmogorovconstant, _a, suggest a dependence upon the wave age, _a increasing with increasing wave age, where the value 0.59 fits the data well for saturated waves.     

Vertical Structure in the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer and its Implication for the Inertial Dissipation Method

The structure of the marine atmospheric boundarylayer and the validity ofMonin–Obukhov similarity theory over the seahave been investigated using longterm measurements. Three levels of turbulencemeasurements (at 10 m, 18 mand 26 m) at Östergarnsholm in themiddle of the Baltic Sea have beenanalysed. The results show that turbulentparameters have a strong dependenceon the actual height due to wave influence.The wind profile and thus thenormalised wind gradient are very sensitiveto wave state. The lower part of theboundary layer can be divided into three heightlayers, a wave influenced layerclose to the surface, a transition layer andan undisturbed ordinary surfacelayer; the depth of the layers is determinedby the wave state. This heightstructure can, however, not be found for thenormalised dissipation, which is onlya function of the stability, except duringpronounced swell where the actualheight also has to be accounted for. Theresults have implications for the heightvariation of the turbulent kinetic energy(TKE) budget. Thus, the imbalancebetween production and dissipation willalso vary with height according to thevariation of wave state. This, in turn,will of course have strong implicationsfor the inertial dissipation method, inwhich a parameterisation of the TKEbudget is used.     

Structure Functions In A Wall-Turbulent Shear Flow

Wavelet and quadrant analyses were applied to turbulent velocity data in order to investigate the transition from the anisotropy of energy-containing eddies to the isotropy of the inertial subrange scales. The quadrant analysis of the wavelet coefficients of longitudinal and vertical velocity components allows the evaluation of the velocity structure functions and the momentum cospectrum as a function of the separation distance and of the quadrants. In an isotropic condition the contribution both of ejections and sweeps (even quadrants), and both of reflections and deflections (odd quadrants), has to be equal. The analysis has shown that in neutrally stratified conditions the transition to isotropy occurs in a frequency range (0.2 < r/z < 3) usually referred to as internal to the inertial subrange (r is separation distance, z is height). In the transition region, as in the isotropic region, the velocity structure functions still agree with the 1941 and 1962 Kolmogorov theories; but on the other hand the structure functions of the even and odd quadrants are fitted by power laws of different slopes in the transition region. The proposed analysis allows the investigation within the transition region of the different dynamical structure in the energy transfer from the energy-containing scales to the isotropic scales.     

Mean Flow and Turbulence Characteristics in an Urban Roughness Sublayer

In this study, a detailed model of an urban landscape has been re-constructed inthe wind tunnel and the flow structure inside and above the urban canopy has beeninvestigated. Vertical profiles of all three velocity components have been measuredwith a Laser-Doppler velocimeter, and an extensive analysis of the measured meanflow and turbulence profiles carried out. With respect to the flow structure inside thecanopy, two types of velocity profiles can be distinguished. Within street canyons,the mean wind velocities are almost zero or negative below roof level, while closeto intersections or open squares, significantly higher mean velocities are observed.In the latter case, the turbulent velocities inside the canopy also tend to be higherthan at street-canyon locations. For both types, turbulence kinetic energy and shearstress profiles show pronounced maxima in the flow region immediately above rooflevel.Based on the experimental data, a shear-stress parameterization is proposed, inwhich the velocity scale, u_s, and length scale, z_s, are based on the level and magnitude of the shear stress peak value. In order to account for a flow region inside the canopy with negligible momentum transport, a shear stress displacement height, d_s, is introduced. The proposed scaling and parameterization perform well for the measured profiles and shear-stress data published in the literature.The length scales derived from the shear-stress parameterization also allowdetermination of appropriate scales for the mean wind profile. The roughnesslength, z₀, and displacement height, d₀, can both be described as fractions of the distance, z_s - d_s, between the level of the shear-stress peak and the shear-stress displacement height. This result can be interpreted in such a way that the flow only feels the zone of depth z_s - d_s as the roughness layer. With respect to the lower part of the canopy (z < d_s) the flow behaves as a skimming flow. Correlations between the length scales z_s and d_s and morphometric parameters are discussed.The mean wind profiles above the urban structure follow a logarithmic windlaw. A combination of morphometric estimation methods for d₀ and z₀ with wind velocity measurements at a reference height, which allow calculation of the shear-stress velocity, u_*, appears to be the most reliable and easiest procedure to determine mean wind profile parameters. Inside the roughnesssublayer, a local scaling approach results in good agreement between measuredand predicted mean wind profiles.     

广州市近地层大气的湍流微结构和谱特征

本文利用UVW脉动风速仪资料分析了广州市区近地层大气的湍流强度、相关系数、尺度和速度谱,并获得了不同稳定度条件下的速度谱模式.结果表明,城市近地层大气湍流在惯性副区接近局地各向同性、速度谱符合Kolmogorov相似理论;气流方向上下垫面粗糙度的增加,使沿海城市近地层大气湍流能量(特别是铅直方向)比平坦、均匀下垫面上的增加.     

Local Scales of Turbulence in the Stable Boundary Layer

Local, gradient-based scales, which contain the vertical velocity and temperature variances, as well as the potential temperature gradient, but do not include fluxes, are tested using data collected during the CASES-99 experiment. The observations show that the scaling based on the temperature variance produces relatively smaller scatter of empirical points. The resulting dimensionless statistical moments approach constant values for sufficiently large values of the Richardson number Ri. This allows one to derive predictions for the Monin–Obukhov similarity functions φ _m and φ _h , the Prandtl number Pr and the flux Richardson number Rf in weak turbulence regime.     

A Numerical Study of Sensitivity of the Physical Dissipative Technique to Precipitation Parameterization in a Mesoscale Model

1. IntroductionRecently, the improvement of accuracy in the out-puts of a numerical mesoscale model by the physi-cal dissipative technique is reached (Liu et al., 2002;Liu and Liu, 2003). The effect of improvement ofthis technique differs not only from model to model,but from scheme to scheme of parameterization em-ployed in the same model. The rapid developmentof the computer technology makes possible the com-plicated numerical experiments by a model with highresolution and multiple domains …     

地形对地转气流中重力惯性波稳定性影响的进一步研究

用一个带地形的2层均质流体线性模式,考虑了下层流体平均厚度不均匀性的影响,研究低空地转气流中波动的传播和稳定性。     

宁夏年气温资料的均一性检验研究

选取宁夏24个气象站从建站到2006年年平均气温资料,采用Potter检验法对年气温资料进行均一性检验.结果表明:宁夏有9个测站年气温资料存在间断点,有15个测站无间断点;间断点主要集中在2001-2006年,共有7个,占总数的77.8%,其中有6个测站是因为站址迁移造成的;20世纪50年代测站的迁移最频繁,迁移次数不是造成年平均气温序列非均一性的直接原因,迁移前后测站环境的显著改变是主要因素,测站未迁移但测站环境城镇化变化也是因素之一.     

时间平均流场对风场振动的优势选择作用

本文根据谐谱展开的水平动量方程，在一定的假设下导出了集时间平均场的涡、散性质于一体的诊断关系式——大气振动频率的优势选择判据，并据此讨论了基本?场的水平不均匀对大气振动的影响。通过这个关系式，利用１９８２年ＥＣＭ?ＷＦ资料对优势频率进行了计算，给出了对流层高、中、低各层的全球分布。?从而指出在实际大气中存在着基本场对某频率上的振动有选择放大作用。     

大气边界层剪切湍流统计特性的风洞实验及其层次相似律

对风洞模拟的大气边界层的剪切湍流场的速度脉动时间序列信号以及某一高度位置上的小波变换分解重构的信号进行了系统的统计分析.结果表明, 在非均匀下垫面大气边界层的不同垂直高度上的信号, She-Leveque湍流层次相似律都成立, 层次相似指数β和最高激发态的奇异标度指数γ随垂直高度的变化而变化, 并给出不同尺度的分解重构信号的一些层次结构特点.     

Local Imbalance of Turbulent Kinetic Energy in the Surface Layer

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.     

相似集合预报技术在粤西风场预报中的应用

利用ERA5再分析资料与常规站点观测资料,采用相似集合法(AnEn)对粤西地面风的日平均风速与日最大风速释用进行订正.结果表明:日平均风速与日最大风速订正后的准确性得到明显提高,且在地形复杂的山区也有较好的订正效果.日平均风速的逐日均方根误差总体小于日最大风速,且更为稳定.对比相似成员集合性能,日平均风速各成员也比日最...