Laboratory and Numerical Studies of the Convective Boundary Layer Capped by a Strong Inversion |
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Authors: | Yuji Ohya Takanori Uchida |
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Affiliation: | (1) Ocean-Atmosphere Dynamics Division, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, Kasuga 816-8580, Japan |
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Abstract: | The convective boundary layer (CBL) with a wide range of stability is simulated experimentally using a thermally stratified wind tunnel, and numerically by direct numerical simulation (DNS). The turbulence structures and flow characteristics of various CBL flows, capped by a strong temperature inversion and affected by surface shear, are investigated. The various vertical profiles of turbulence statistics similar to those from the observed CBL in the field are successfully simulated in both the wind-tunnel experiment and in DNS. The comparison of the wind-tunnel data and DNS results with those of atmospheric observations and water-tank studies shows the crucial dependence of the turbulence statistics in the upper part of the layer on the strength of the inversion layer, as well as the modification of the CBL turbulence regime by the surface shear. |
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Keywords: | Convective boundary layer Direct numerical simulation Entrainment Plume Wind-tunnel experiment |
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