Mixing processes in a nocturnal low-level jet : An LES study
Mixing processes in a nocturnal low-level jet : An LES study
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夜间低空急流的混合过程:LES 研究
DOI:
10.1175/jas3903.1
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发表时间:
2007
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
M. A. Jiménez
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作者:
J. Cuxart;M. A. Jiménez
Abstract A steady-state low-level jet observed in the Stable Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment in Spain-1998 (SABLES-98) campaign is simulated using a large-eddy simulation model. The radiation is taken into account since its contribution to the budget of the tendency of temperature is as important as the contribution of the turbulence in the surface layer. The resulting regime is a two-layer flow separated by a change of the temperature gradient at the level of maximum speed. The upper part has turbulence originated by shear production extending up to 3 times the height of wind maximum and of the same order of magnitude as in the layer below. The jet nose is seen by the model as a decoupling layer, and the use of passive scalars allows for the inspection of the amount of transport across it, which is very small. The lower layer is very sensitive to the surface boundary conditions, but the principal patterns in the upper layer do not change significantly. The runs are compared to the observations thro...