INHERENT DISTRIBUTION LAW OF TURBULENT INTENSITY IN SEDIMENT-LADEN FLOW

LINTRODUCTIONTheturbulenceoftheflowvelocityisresultedfromthecombinationofinnerinstabilityoftheflowandouterdisturbance.Int1Vo-dimensionalsteadyuniformflowasac7eknow.nomattersedimentconcentrationis0ingeneralorveryhigh.TheverticaldistributionofturbulentintensityoflongitudinalvelocityQhasasimilartendenc}'fohasaminimumatthesurface,thenincreasesinpacewiththedecreasingofthedistancefromthebedy,atsomewherenearthebed.Itreachesamaalmtlm(forhyperconcentratedflowwithaflowcoreinwhichvelocitygradientdu…     

山谷城市的近地层大气湍流谱特征

山谷城市地区的大气湍流结构研究至今报道很少.本文根据兰州市一次观测实验,对各风速分量谱、温度谱以及动量和感热通量的协谱进行了分析.结果表明,尽管仪器的安装高度较低(6.45m),湍谱特征仍与平坦均匀下垫面得到的一些典型结果基本一致,从而认为,在类似地区进行湍流通量等的直接观测时,对观测高度和地点的选择,可以不必象一些文献要求的那样高.     

STOCHASTIC THEORY OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF SEDIMENT PARTICLES SUSPENDED IN A TURBULENT FLOW

The random motion of sediment particles suspended in a turbulent flow is studied by means of stochastic process. Results of analysis of particle's frequency response to the random force exerted on the particle due to fluid turbulence suggest that only the lower part of the whole frequency range of the eddy motion will govern the motion of the particle. The mean values of particle velocity and displacement in the vertical direc- tion are calculated and it is found that particle velocity vp- can be decomposed into a mean motion and a velocity fluctuation vp- , where is equal to the fall velocity in tranquil fluid. An Ito^ random differential equation for particle dis- placement Yp is developed, from which a Fokker-Planck equation for the probability density function p(y,t) is derived on the basis of the theory of Markov process, where y denotes the vertical coordinate. The vertical distribution of the particle is thus interrelated to the random motion of the particle. The an effect that a particle will be subject to in the neighborhood or the bottom boundary is taken into consideration and a corresponding Fokker-Planck equation is developed. Analytical solution of the Fok- ker-Planck equation including the lift force effect shows that probability density p(y,t) for the particle displacement has a maximum value at y = H where the perpen- dicular component of the lift force balances the particle gravity. This theoretical result agrees with experimental observations as reported in literature.     

AN E – ε – ℓ TURBULENCE CLOSURE SCHEME FOR PLANETARY BOUNDARY-LAYER MODELS: THE NEUTRALLY STRATIFIED CASE

The standard E – model generates aplanetary boundary layerthat appears to be much too deep. The cause of theproblem is traced to the equation for the dissipationrate () of turbulent kinetic energy (E), specifically theparameterization of dissipation production anddestruction. In the context of atmosphericboundary-layer modelling, we argue that a part of thedissipation production should be modelled as the inputto the spectral cascade from the energy-containingpart of the spectrum, with a characteristic length , while the equilibrium imbalancebetween local production and destruction ofdissipation is modelled as proportional toE2/E, as in the standard model. Wepropose an E – – turbulence closurescheme, in which both the mixing length, m, and are prescribed. The importance ofthe equation is diminished, though itstill determines the dissipation rate in the Eequation.     

2014年夏季青藏高原狮泉河与林芝降水低频振荡及陆—气过程日变化特征

根据“第三次青藏高原大气科学试验” 2014年7、8月青藏高原西南部狮泉河站、东南部林芝站的3 m涡动相关系统原始数据和10 Hz湍流资料以及中国气象局台站观测资料、JRA-55（Japanese 55-year Reanalysis）逐日再分析资料、GPCP（Global Precipitation Climatology Project）全球降水逐日观测资料,分别讨论了这两个站在10~20天低频振荡的天气背景下其干、湿位相近地层气象要素的日变化特征以及湍流变化特征。结果表明:两站高低空环流场、水汽通量场、热源的10~20天低频分量在其干、湿位相期间的配置相反。低频地表感热和潜热的不同变化对降水的影响分别在高原西部和东部有不同表现。狮泉河站的低频振荡在纬向上自西向东传播,而林芝站的低频振荡在纬向上自东向西传播,结果表明这两个站分别存在两种不同起源的低频振荡。两站干、湿位相的近地面气象要素以及湍流通量具有明显的日变化特征,通常温度极大值出现在午后14时（北京时,下同）,但狮泉河站干、湿位相的温度极大值均出现在夜间20时;由波文比可知,狮泉河站湿位相全天以潜热为主导,干位相期间,06时之前以潜热为主,06时之后以感热为主;林芝站干、湿位相均为08时之前以感热为主,08时之后以潜热为主。两站湍流平均动能与平均风速正相关,垂直动量表现为向下传输,热量和水汽表现为向上传输。     

春季南海北部上混合层的数值模拟与数值实验

根据 1 998年南海季风实验 (SCSMEX)北部“实验 3号”调查船的观测资料 ,采用一维湍动能模式 (TKE模式 ) ,对春季南海北部的SST及混合层随时间变化特征进行了数值模拟和数值试验。结果表明 ,TKE模式能够很好地模拟南海北部的海表面温度SST和上混合层深度随时间变化基本特征。在南海 5— 6月 ,SST的日振荡主要依赖于短波辐射的日变化 ,短波辐射是SST的主要维持机制 ;短波辐射会使SST升高 1— 4℃ ;风的垂直混合作用主要是抑制了SST的日周期振荡。春季南海海面潜热通量和感热通量与短波辐射和风应力相比较 ,是一个对SST影响较小的量。南海北部 5月份混合层深度的变化趋势和振荡特征受风应力和短波辐射共同控制 ,风应力使混合层深度加深 5— 1 0m ,短波辐射使混合层深度平均变浅 5— 1 0m。而 6月份南海北部 ,在夏季风爆发后短波辐射较小 ,短波辐射的作用只能使混合层深度变浅1— 2m ,潜热通量和感热通量对混合层的作用会使混合层的深度加深 1— 2m ,混合层深度主要受风应力控制。     

Microstructure measurements in natural waters: Methodology and applications

Modern approaches to microstructure data processing, including wavelet denoising, are discussed. The wavelet procedure is applied to small-scale shear signals before estimating the dissipation rate ε and to the temperature/density profiles used to calculate Thorpe scales. Microstructure data obtained on the Mediterranean shelf of Catalonia are used to illustrate various approaches to the Thorpe displacement calculations. It is suggested that the Weibull probability function is an appropriate model for the Thorpe scale distribution. Microstructure measurements from the upper layer of the Boadella reservoir (Catalonia, Spain) support this finding.A new analytical approximation for the 1D Panchev–Kesich spectrum is deduced and the results of ε computation are compared with spectral fitting by the widely used Nasmyth spectrum. Applying the Kraichnan spectral model to compute ε from temperature spectra in the convective-viscous sub-range is examined as an alternative to the Batchelor spectrum. Microstructure measurements taken in Lake Banyoles (Catalonia, Spain) and in the North Atlantic were used for spectral calculations.Statistical analysis of eddy K_b and thermal K_θ diffusivities measured on a shallow shelf of the Black Sea shows the importance of process-orientated domain averaging of the diffusivities in obtaining good correspondence between K_b and K_θ in active turbulent regions. In weakly turbulent, stratified interior layers, the averaged K_b and K_θ differ significantly, which may point to the inapplicability of isotropic formulae used for ε and temperature dissipation χ_θ estimates, as well as to a dependence of the mixing efficiency γ on the Richardson number or in some cases on regions of fossil turbulence.     

Differential diffusion: an oceanographic primer

Even where mean gradients of temperature T and salinity S are both stabilizing, it is possible for the larger molecular diffusivity of T to result in differential diffusion, the preferential transfer of T relative to S. The present note reviews existing evidence of differential diffusion as provided by laboratory experiments, numerical simulations, and oceanic observations. Given potentially serious implications for proper interpretation of estimates of diapycnal density diffusivity from both ocean microscale measurements and ocean tracer release experiments, as well as the sensitivity of predictive global ocean models to this diffusive parameter, it is essential that this process be better understood in the oceanographic context.     

Laboratory study of wave and turbulence velocities in a broad-banded irregular wave surf zone

The characteristics of wave and turbulence velocities created by a broad-banded irregular wave train breaking on a 1:35 slope were studied in a laboratory wave flume. Water particle velocities were measured simultaneously with wave elevations at three cross-shore locations inside the surf zone. The measured data were separated into low-frequency and high-frequency time series using a Fourier filter. The measured velocities were further separated into organized wave-induced velocities and turbulent velocity fluctuations by ensemble averaging. The broad-banded irregular waves created a wide surf zone that was dominated by spilling type breakers. A wave-by-wave analysis was carried out to obtain the probability distributions of individual wave heights, wave periods, peak wave velocities, and wave-averaged turbulent kinetic energies and Reynolds stresses. The results showed that there was a consistent increase in the kurtosis of the vertical velocity distribution from the surface to the bottom. The abnormally large downward velocities were produced by plunging breakers that occurred from time to time. It was found that the mean of the highest one-third wave-averaged turbulent kinetic energy values in the irregular waves was about the same as the time-averaged turbulent kinetic energy in a regular wave with similar deep-water wave height to wavelength ratio. It was also found that the correlation coefficient of the Reynolds stress varied strongly with turbulence intensity. Good correlation between u′ and w′ was obtained when the turbulence intensity was high; the correlation coefficient was about 0.3–0.5. The Reynolds stress correlation coefficient decreased over a wave cycle, and with distance from the water surface. Under the irregular breaking waves, turbulent kinetic energy was transported downward and landward by turbulent velocity fluctuations and wave velocities, and upward and seaward by the undertow. The undertow in the irregular waves was similar in vertical structure but lower in magnitude than in regular waves, and the horizontal velocity profiles under the low-frequency waves were approximately uniform.     

The rotational quenching of the rotation-induced kinetic alpha-effect

Abstract

A theory of the non-diffusive anisotropic kinetic alpha-effect (“Γ-effect”) for densitystratified rotating turbulent fluids is developed. No limitations on the rotation rate are imposed and the fully nonlinear dependence of the Γ-effect on the angular velocity is studied. When the Coriolis number, ω? = 2τ ω, is small the dimensionless “dynamo number”, Cτ, characterising the power of the Γ-effect, grows with ω?. The dependence, however, reaches a maximum for ω? ～ 2. For still higher rotation rates C_Λ decreases as 1/ω?. In opposition, the corresponding number, C_x, of the hydromagnetic α² -dynamo problems remains finite for very large ω?. Hence, for fast rotation the hydrodynamic Γ-effect is small while the hydromagnetic α-effect remains large. In consequence, the large-scale magnetic and velocity structures are expected to be generated with roughly equal power in slowly rotating objects. In the rapid rotators, however, generation of the large-scale flows is problematic.