Predictability of passive scalar dispersion in atmospheric surface layers with urban‐like roughness: A large‐eddy simulations study
Predictability of passive scalar dispersion in atmospheric surface layers with urban‐like roughness: A large‐eddy simulations study
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具有城市粗糙度的大气表层被动标量色散的可预测性:大型涡流模拟研究
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10.1002/qj.4445
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2023
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8.9
通讯作者:
Li, Qi
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作者:
Lu, Yanle;Monache, Luca Delle;Weil, Jeffrey;Ngan, Keith;Li, Qi
The predictability of passive scalar dispersion is of both theoretical interest and practical importance, for example for high‐resolution numerical weather prediction and air quality modeling. However, the implications for the numerical modeling of urban areas remain relatively unexplored. Using obstacle‐resolving large‐eddy simulations (LES), we conducted twin experiments, with and without a velocity perturbation, to investigate how the presence of urban roughness affects error growth in streamwise velocity (u) and passive scalar (θ) fields, as well as the differences between error evolutions inuandθfields. The predictability limit is characterized using the signal‐to‐noise ratio (SNR) as a continuous metric to indicate when error reaches saturation. The presence of urban roughness decreases Tp$$ {T}_{\mathrm{p}} $$ of the passive scalar by around 20% compared to cases without them. The error statistics ofθindicate that urban roughness‐induced flow structures and different scalar source locations affect the scalar dispersion and relative fluctuations, which subsequently dictate the evolution of the SNR. Analysis of the passive scalar error energy (ϵθ2) budget indicates that the contributions from advective transport by the velocity and velocity error dominate. The error energy spectra of bothuandθexhibit a −5/3 slope in flat‐wall cases, but not in the presence of urban roughness, thereby highlighting the deviation from the assumption of locally isotropic turbulence. This study reveals that urban roughness can decrease the predictability of the passive scalar and destroy the similarity between the error statistics of the velocity and the passive scalar.
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