Evidence of Mixed Scaling for Mean Profile Similarity in the Stable Atmospheric Surface Layer
Evidence of Mixed Scaling for Mean Profile Similarity in the Stable Atmospheric Surface Layer
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稳定大气表层平均剖面相似性混合标度的证据
DOI:
10.1175/jas-d-22-0260.1
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发表时间:
2023
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Chamecki, Marcelo
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作者:
Heisel, Michael;Chamecki, Marcelo
A new mixed scaling parameterZ=z/(Lh)1/2is proposed for similarity in the stable atmospheric surface layer, wherezis the height,Lis the Obukhov length, andhis the boundary layer depth. In comparison with the parameterζ=z/Lfrom Monin–Obukhov similarity theory (MOST), the new parameterZleads to improved mean profile similarity for wind speed and air temperature in large-eddy simulations. It also yields the same linear similarity relation for CASES-99 field measurements, including in the strongly stable (but still turbulent) regime where large deviations from MOST are observed. Results further suggest that similarity for turbulent energy dissipation rate depends on bothZandζ. The proposed mixed scaling ofZand relevance ofhcan be explained by physical arguments related to the limit ofz-less stratification that is reached asymptotically above the surface layer. The presented evidence and fitted similarity relations are promising, but the results and arguments are limited to a small sample of idealized stationary stable boundary layers. Corroboration is needed from independent datasets and analyses, including for complex and transient conditions not tested here.