Local Similarity Relationships In The Urban Boundary Layer |
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Authors: | M H Al-Jiboori Yumao Xu Yongfu Qian |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, P.R. China;(2) Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P. R. China |
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Abstract: | To investigate turbulent structures in an urban boundary layer (UBL) with many tallbuildings, a number of non-dimensional variable groups based on turbulent observationsfrom a 325-m meteorological tower in the urban area of Beijing, China, are analyzedin the framework of local similarity. The extension of surface-layer similarity to localsimilarity in the stable and unstable boundary layer is also discussed. According to localsimilarity, dimensionless quantities of variables: e.g., velocity and temperature standarddeviations i/u*l (i=u,v,w) and T/T*l,correlation coefficients of uw and wT covariance, gradients of wind and temperature m and h, and dissipation rates of turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) andtemperature variance ![PHgr](/content/kr510296262w69tn/xxlarge934.gif) and N can be represented as a functiononly of a local stability parameter z/ , where is the local Obukhovlength and z is the height above ground. The average dissipation rates of TKE andtemperature variance are computed by using the u spectrum, and the uw and wTcospectra in the inertial subrange. The functions above were found to be in a goodagreement with observational behaviour of turbulence under unstable conditions, butthere were obvious differences in the stable air. |
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Keywords: | Dissipation rates Local similarity theory Standard deviations Urban boundary layer Wind and temperature gradients |
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