Large-eddy simulation of the atmospheric boundary layer

R Stoll, JA Gibbs, ST Salesky, W Anderson… - Boundary-Layer …, 2020 - Springer
Over the last 50 years the large-eddy simulation (LES) technique has developed into one of
the most prominent numerical tools used to study transport processes in the atmospheric …

Convective boundary-layer entrainment: Short review and progress using Doppler lidar

K Träumner, C Kottmeier, U Corsmeier… - Boundary-layer …, 2011 - Springer
The entrainment of air from the free atmosphere into the convective boundary layer is
reviewed and further investigated using observations from a 2 μm Doppler lidar. It is …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamics of sheared convective boundary layer entrainment. Part I: Methodological background and large-eddy simulations

RJ Conzemius, E Fedorovich - Journal of the atmospheric …, 2006 - journals.ametsoc.org
The reported study examines the dynamics of entrainment and its effects on the evolution of
the dry atmospheric convective boundary layer (CBL) when wind shear is present. The …

[HTML][HTML] Factors controlling the vertical extent of fair-weather shallow cumulus clouds over land: Investigation of diurnal-cycle observations collected at the ARM …

Y Zhang, SA Klein - Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 2013 - journals.ametsoc.org
Factors Controlling the Vertical Extent of Fair-Weather Shallow Cumulus Clouds over Land:
Investigation of Diurnal-Cycle Observations Collected at the ARM Southern Great Plains …

[HTML][HTML] Determination of convective boundary layer entrainment fluxes, dissipation rates, and the molecular destruction of variances: Theoretical description and a …

V Wulfmeyer, SK Muppa, A Behrendt… - Journal of the …, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
Atmospheric variables in the convective boundary layer (CBL), which are critical for
turbulence parameterizations in weather and climate models, are assessed. These include …

A comparative quadrant analysis of turbulence in a plant canopy

W Yue, C Meneveau, MB Parlange… - Water resources …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Large‐eddy simulation (LES) of turbulence in plant canopies has traditionally been
validated using bulk statistical quantities such as mean velocity and variance profiles …

Evaluation of the atmospheric boundary-layer electrical variability

SV Anisimov, SV Galichenko, KV Aphinogenov… - Boundary-Layer …, 2018 - Springer
Due to the chaotic motion of charged particles carried by turbulent eddies, electrical
quantities in the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) have short-term variability superimposed …

Identification of the atmospheric boundary layer structure through vertical distribution of PM2. 5 obtained by unmanned aerial vehicle measurements

Y Jiang, B Li, X Li, D Wang, Z Peng - Atmospheric Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Variations in the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) structure present a close relationship
with the vertical diffusion of air pollutants. However, the effect of the ABL structure on the …

The effect of Prandtl number on turbulent sheared thermal convection

A Blass, P Tabak, R Verzicco… - Journal of Fluid …, 2021 - cambridge.org
In turbulent wall sheared thermal convection, there are three different flow regimes,
depending on the relative relevance of thermal forcing and wall shear. In this paper, we …

Doppler lidar measurements of vertical velocity spectra in the convective planetary boundary layer

M Lothon, DH Lenschow, SD Mayor - Boundary-layer meteorology, 2009 - Springer
We utilized a Doppler lidar to measure spectra of vertical velocity w from 390m above the
surface to the top of the daytime convective boundary layer (CBL). The high resolution 2μm …