NDLI: Flow and turbulence in an industrial/suburban roughness canopy

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Author	Dallman, A. Di Sabati, S. Fernando, H. J. S.
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	A field study conducted to investigate the flow and turbulence structure of the urban boundary layer (UBL) over an industrial/suburban area is described. The emphasis was on morning and evening transition periods, but some measurements covered the entire diurnal cycle. The data analysis incorporated the dependence of wind direction on morphometric parameters of the urban canopy. The measurements of heat and momentum fluxes showed the possibility of a constant flux layer above the height $$z\approx 2{H}$$ , wherein the Monin-Obukhov Similarity Theory (MOST) is valid; here $$H$$ is the averaged building height. For the nocturnal boundary layer, the mean velocity and temperature profiles obeyed classical MOST scaling up to $$\sim 0.5\Lambda \left( {\sim 6{H}}\right) $$ , where $$\Lambda $$ is the Obukhov length scale, beyond which stronger stratification may disrupt the occurrence of constant fluxes. For unstable and neutral cases, MOST scaling described the mean data well up to the maximum measured height $$(\sim 6{H})$$ . Available MOST functions, however, could not describe the measured turbulence structure, indicating the influence of additional governing parameters. Alternative turbulence parameterizations were tested, and some were found to perform well. Calculation of integral length scales for convective and neutral cases allowed a phenomenological description of eddy characteristics within and above the urban canopy layer. The development of a significant nocturnal surface inversion occurred only on certain days, for which a criterion was proposed. The nocturnal UBL exhibited length scale relationships consistent with the evening collapse of the convective boundary layer and maintenance of buoyancy-affected turbulence overnight. The length and velocity scales so identified are useful in parameterizing turbulent dispersion coefficients in different diurnal phases of the UBL.
Starting Page	279
Ending Page	307
Page Count	29
File Format	PDF
ISSN	15677419
Journal	Environmental Fluid Mechanics
Volume Number	13
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15731510
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2013-03-07
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Urban effects Turbulence scales Thermal stratification Nocturnal boundary layer Morphometric analyses Earth Sciences Environmental Physics Hydrology/Water Resources Mechanics Hydrogeology Oceanography
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Environmental Chemistry Water Science and Technology

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