Parametrizing the Energy Dissipation Rate in Stably Stratified Flows

Sukanta Basu; Ping He; Adam W. DeMarco

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Parametrizing the Energy Dissipation Rate in Stably Stratified Flows

Sukanta Basu^*, Ping He, Adam W. DeMarco

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Abstract

We use a database of direct numerical simulations to evaluate parametrizations for energy dissipation rate in stably stratified flows. We show that shear-based formulations are more appropriate for stable boundary layers than commonly used buoyancy-based formulations. As part of the derivations, we explore several length scales of turbulence and investigate their dependence on local stability.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	167-184
Number of pages	18
Journal	Boundary-Layer Meteorology
Volume	178 (2021)
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-020-00559-0
Publication status	Published - 2020

Keywords

Buoyancy length scale
Integral length scale
Outer length scale
Ozmidov scale
Stable boundary layer

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