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Atmospheric Boundary Layers

Nature, Theory, and Application to Environmental Modelling and Security

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  • © 2007

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  1. Alexander Baklanov

    1. Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark

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  2. Branko Grisogono

    1. Department of Geophysics, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-V
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  2. Atmospheric boundary layers: nature, theory and applications to environmental modelling and security

    • Alexander Baklanov, Branko Grisogono
    Pages 1-4

  3. Some modern features of boundary-layer meteorology: a birthday tribute for Sergej Zilitinkevich

    • G. D. Djolov
    Pages 5-9

  4. Energy- and flux-budget (EFB) turbulence closure model for stably stratified flows. Part I: steady-state, homogeneous regimes

    • S. S. Zilitinkevich, T. Elperin, N. Kleeorin, I. Rogachevskii
    Pages 11-35

  5. Similarity theory and calculation of turbulent fluxes at the surface for the stably stratified atmospheric boundary layer

    • Sergej S. Zilitinkevich, Igor N. Esau
    Pages 37-49

  6. Application of a large-eddy simulation database to optimisation of first-order closures for neutral and stably stratified boundary layers

    • Igor N. Esau, Øyvind Byrkjedal
    Pages 51-69

  7. The effect of mountainous topography on moisture exchange between the “surface” and the free atmosphere

    • Andreas P. Weigel, Fotini K. Chow, Mathias W. Rotach
    Pages 71-88

  8. The influence of nonstationarity on the turbulent flux–gradient relationship for stable stratification

    • L. Mahrt
    Pages 89-108

  9. Chemical perturbations in the planetary boundary layer and their relevance for chemistry transport modelling

    • Adolf Ebel, Michael Memmesheimer, Hermann J. Jakobs
    Pages 109-122

  10. Theoretical considerations of meandering winds in simplified conditions

    • Antônio G. O. Goulart, Gervásio A. Degrazia, Otávio C. Acevedo, Domenico Anfossi
    Pages 123-131

  11. Aerodynamic roughness of the sea surface at high winds

    • Vladimir N. Kudryavtsev, Vladimir K. Makin
    Pages 133-147

  12. Modelling dust distributions in the atmospheric boundary layer on Mars

    • Peter A. Taylor, P.-Y. Li, Diane V. Michelangeli, Jagruti Pathak, Wensong Weng
    Pages 149-172

  13. On the turbulent Prandtl number in the stable atmospheric boundary layer

    • Andrey A. Grachev, Edgar L Andreas, Christopher W. Fairall, Peter S. Guest, P. Ola G. Persson
    Pages 173-185

  14. Micrometeorological observations of a microburst in southern Finland

    • Leena Järvi, Ari-Juhani Punkka, David M. Schultz, Tuukka Petäjä, Harri Hohti, Janne Rinne et al.
    Pages 187-203

  15. Role of land-surface temperature feedback on model performance for the stable boundary layer

    • A. A. M. Holtslag, G. J. Steeneveld, B. J. H. van de Wiel
    Pages 205-220

  16. Katabatic flow with Coriolis effect and gradually varying eddy diffusivity

    • Iva Kavčič, Branko Grisogono
    Pages 221-231

  17. Parameterisation of the planetary boundary layer for diagnostic wind models

    • Massimiliano Burlando, Emilia Georgieva, Corrado F. Ratto
    Pages 233-241

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 242-242
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Most of practically-used turbulence closure models are based on the concept of downgra- ent transport. Accordingly the models express turbulent uxes of momentum and scalars as products of the mean gradient of the transported property and the corresponding turbulent transport coef cient (eddy viscosity, K , heat conductivity, K , or diffusivity, K ). Fol- M H D lowing Kolmogorov (1941), turbulent transport coef cients are taken to be proportional to the turbulent velocity scale, u , and length scale, l : T T K ? K ? K ? u l . (1) M H D T T 2 Usually u is identi ed with the turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) per unit mass, E ,and K T is calculated from the TKE budget equation using the Kolmogorov closure for the TKE dissipation rate: ? ? E /t , (2) K K T where t ? l /u is the turbulent dissipation time scale. This approach is justi ed when it T T T is applied to neutral stability ows, where l can be taken to be proportional to the distance T from the nearest wall. However, this method encounters dif culties in strati ed ows (both stable and uns- ble). The turbulent Prandtl number Pr = K /K exhibits essential dependence on the T M H strati cation and cannot be considered as constant.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Alexander Baklanov

  • Department of Geophysics, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

    Branko Grisogono

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