Revisiting and revising Tatarskii’s formulation for the temperature structure parameter (CT2) in atmospheric flows

Sukanta Basu*, Albert A.M. Holtslag

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Abstract

In this paper, we revisit a well-known formulation of temperature structure parameter (CT2), originally proposed by V. I. Tatarskii. We point out its limitations and propose a revised formulation based on turbulence variance and flux budget equations. Our formulation includes a novel physically-based outer length scale which can be estimated from routine meteorological data.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1107-1119
Number of pages13
JournalEnvironmental Fluid Mechanics
Volume22
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

Keywords

  • Bolgiano scaling
  • Buoyancy-range
  • Inertial-convective-range
  • Optical turbulence
  • Outer length scale

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