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Turbulence Energetics in Stably Turbulence Energetics in Stably Stratified Atmospheric FlowsStratified Atmospheric Flows
Sergej Zilitinkevich Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Physical Sciences
University of Helsinki and Finnish Meteorological Institute Helsinki, Finland
Tov Elperin, Nathan Kleeorin, Igor Rogachevskii
Department of Mechanical EngineeringThe Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Beer-Sheva, Israel
Victor L’vov Department of Chemical Physics
ITI Conference on Turbulence III, 12-16 October 2008, Bertinoro, ItalyITI Conference on Turbulence III, 12-16 October 2008, Bertinoro, Italy
Stably Stratified Atmospheric FlowsStably Stratified Atmospheric Flows
Production of TurbulenceProduction of Turbulence
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¦ = ¡ huiuj i r j ¹Ui = K M S2
HeatingHeating
CoolingCooling
by Shearby Shear
Destruction of TurbulenceDestruction of Turbulence
by Heat Fluxby Heat Flux
Laminar and Turbulent FlowsLaminar and Turbulent Flows
Laminar Boundary Layer
Turbulent Boundary Layer
Boussinesq ApproximationBoussinesq Approximation
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t
v v β v
vt
Budget Equation for TKE Budget Equation for TKE
DTΠt
Etot
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Balance in R-spaceBalance in R-space
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¦ = ¡ huiuj i r j ¹Ui = K M S2
D = ºh(cirlu)2i ¼EK =(CK tT )
T = div©u
TKE Balance for SBLTKE Balance for SBL
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B ´ ¯ Fz = ¡ (2Ez tT )@¹£@z
Observations, Experiments and LESObservations, Experiments and LES
Blue points and curve – meteorological field campaign SHEBA (Uttal et al., 2002); green – lab experiments (Ohya, 2001); red/pink – new large-eddy simulations (LES) using NERSC code (Esau 2004).
Budget Equations for SBLBudget Equations for SBL
Turbulent kinetic energy:Turbulent kinetic energy:
Potential temperature fluctuations:Potential temperature fluctuations:
Flux of potential temperature :Flux of potential temperature :
div ( )Ku z K
DEF D
Dt Φ
DF
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DF NΦ U e A e E D
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Budget Equations for SBL Budget Equations for SBL
Total Turbulent EnergyTotal Turbulent Energy
Tu tC
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The source:
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The turbulent potential energy:
Budget Equations for SBLBudget Equations for SBL
2Fz Fz z z
DF ΦD u u A E
Dt z z
Critical Richardson NumberCritical Richardson Number
B ´ ¯ Fz = ¡ (2Ez tT )@¹£@z
No Critical Richardson NumberNo Critical Richardson Number
Deardorff (1970)
B ´ ¯ Fz = ¡ (2Ez tT )@¹£@z
Budget Equations for SBLBudget Equations for SBL
Turbulent Prandtl Number vs.Turbulent Prandtl Number vs.
P rT ´K MK H
Budget Equations for SBL with Budget Equations for SBL with Large-Scale Internal Gravity Waves Large-Scale Internal Gravity Waves
WP
W
¦ W = ¦ W ( EWS2H 2;N (z)N (z0)
)
+¦ WF
! = khk N
Turbulent Prandtl Number vs. Ri Turbulent Prandtl Number vs. Ri (IG-Waves) (IG-Waves)
Meteorological observations: slanting black triangles (Kondo et al., 1978), snowflakes (Bertin et al., 1997); laboratory experiments: black circles (Strang and Fernando, 2001), slanting crosses (Rehmann and Koseff, 2004), diamonds (Ohya, 2001); LES: triangles (Zilitinkevich et al., 2008); DNS: five-pointed stars (Stretch et al., 2001). Our model with IG-waves at Q=10 and different values of parameter G: G=0.01 (thick dashed), G= 0.1 (thin dashed-dotted), G=0.15 (thin dashed), G=0.2 (thick dashed-dotted ), at Q=1 for G=1 (thin solid) and without IG-waves at G=0 (thick solid).
G / EWS2H 2
Q = N 2(z)N 2(z0)
P rT ´K MK H
vs. (IG-Waves)vs. (IG-Waves)
Meteorological observations: slanting black triangles (Kondo et al., 1978), snowflakes (Bertin et al., 1997); laboratory experiments: black circles (Strang and Fernando, 2001), slanting crosses (Rehmann and Koseff, 2004), diamonds (Ohya, 2001); LES: triangles (Zilitinkevich et al., 2008); DNS: five-pointed stars (Stretch et al., 2001). Our model with IG-waves at Q=10 and different values of parameter G: G=0.01 (thick dashed), G= 0.1 (thin dashed-dotted), G=0.15 (thin dashed), G=0.2 (thick dashed-dotted ), at Q=1 for G=1 (thin solid); and without IG-waves at G=0 (thick solid).
G / EWS2H 2
Q = N 2(z)N 2(z0)
Rif ´ ¡¯Fz¦
vs. Ri (IG-Waves) vs. Ri (IG-Waves)
Meteorological observations: squares [CME, Mahrt and Vickers (2005)], circles [SHEBA, Uttal et al. (2002)], overturned triangles [CASES-99, Poulos et al. (2002), Banta et al. (2002)], slanting black triangles (Kondo et al., 1978), snowflakes (Bertin et al., 1997); laboratory experiments: black circles (Strang and Fernando, 2001), slanting crosses (Rehmann and Koseff, 2004), diamonds (Ohya, 2001); LES: triangles (Zilitinkevich et al., 2008); DNS: five-pointed stars (Stretch et al., 2001). Our model with IG-waves at Q=10 and different values of parameter G: G=0.01 (thick dashed), G=0.04 (thin dashed), G= 0.1 (thin dashed-dotted), G=0.3 (thick dashed-dotted), at Q=1 for G=0.5 (thin solid); and without IG-waves at G=0 (thick solid).
Q = N 2(z)N 2(z0)
G / EWS2H 2
¿ ´ K M S
vs. Ri (IG-Waves) vs. Ri (IG-Waves)
Meteorological observations: squares [CME, Mahrt and Vickers (2005)], circles [SHEBA, Uttal et al. (2002)], overturned triangles [CASES-99, Poulos et al. (2002), Banta et al. (2002)], slanting black triangles (Kondo et al., 1978), snowflakes (Bertin et al., 1997); laboratory experiments: black circles (Strang and Fernando, 2001), slanting crosses (Rehmann and Koseff, 2004), diamonds (Ohya, 2001); LES: triangles (Zilitinkevich et al., 2008); DNS: five-pointed stars (Stretch et al., 2001). Our model with IG-waves at Q=10 and different values of parameter G: G=0.001 (thin dashed), G=0.005 (thick dashed), G= 0.01 (thin dashed-dotted), G=0.05 (thick dashed-dotted), at Q=1 for G=0.1 (thin solid); and without IG-waves at G=0 (thick solid).
Q = N 2(z)N 2(z0)
G / EWS2H 2
Fz = ¡ K H@¹£@z
vs. (IG-Waves) vs. (IG-Waves)
Meteorological observations: overturned triangles [CASES-99, Poulos et al. (2002), Banta et al. (2002)]; laboratory experiments: diamonds (Ohya, 2001); LES: triangles (Zilitinkevich et al., 2008). Our model with IG-waves at Q=10 and different values of parameter G: G=0.2 (thick dashed-dotted), at Q=1 for G=1 (thin solid); and without IG-waves at G=0 (thick solid for ) and (thick dashed for ).Ri1f = 0:2Ri1f = 0:4
G / EWS2H 2
Q = N 2(z)N 2(z0)
E = EK + Ep
Anisotropy vs. (IG-Waves) Anisotropy vs. (IG-Waves)
Meteorological observations: squares [CME, Mahrt and Vickers (2005)], circles [SHEBA, Uttal et al. (2002)], overturned triangles [CASES-99, Poulos et al. (2002), Banta et al. (2002)], slanting black triangles (Kondo et al., 1978), snowflakes (Bertin et al., 1997); laboratory experiments: black circles (Strang and Fernando, 2001), slanting crosses (Rehmann and Koseff, 2004), diamonds (Ohya, 2001); LES: triangles (Zilitinkevich et al., 2008); DNS: five-pointed stars (Stretch et al., 2001). Our model with IG-waves at Q=10 and different values of parameter G: G= 0.01 (thick dashed), G=0.1 (thin dashed-dotted), G=0.2 (thin dashed), G=0.3 (thick dashed-dotted), at Q=1 for G=1 (thin solid); and without IG-waves at G=0 (thick solid).
Q = N 2(z)N 2(z0)
Az = E zEK
G / EWS2H 2
ReferencesReferences Elperin, T., Kleeorin, N., Rogachevskii, I., and Zilitinkevich, S. Elperin, T., Kleeorin, N., Rogachevskii, I., and Zilitinkevich, S. 2002 2002
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ConclusionsConclusions Budget equation for the Budget equation for the total turbulent energytotal turbulent energy (potential (potential
and kinetic) plays a crucial role for analysis of SBL flows. and kinetic) plays a crucial role for analysis of SBL flows.
Explanation for Explanation for nono critical critical Richardson numberRichardson number. .
Reasonable Reasonable Ri-dependenciesRi-dependencies of the turbulent Prandtl of the turbulent Prandtl number, the anisotropy of SBL turbulence, the normalized number, the anisotropy of SBL turbulence, the normalized heat flux and TKE which follow from the developed theory. heat flux and TKE which follow from the developed theory.
The scatter of observational, experimental, LES and DNS The scatter of observational, experimental, LES and DNS data in SBL data in SBL are explained by are explained by effects of large-scale internal effects of large-scale internal gravity wavesgravity waves on SBL-turbulenceon SBL-turbulence. .
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