Marine Science Faculty Publications
A Turbulent Energy Model for Geophysical Flows
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1983
Keywords
Heat Flux, Stratification, Transport Equation, Flow Model, Realizability Condition
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00119536
Abstract
A simple turbulent flow model for geophysical flows is presented, which is based on the transport equation for turbulent energy and on algebraic expressions relating the Reynolds stress and turbulent heat flux to the velocity and temperature gradients. The model, which is similar to the 2.5 level closure model of Mellor and Yamada, includes constraints based on the realizability conditions as well as expressions for the length scale which account for the influence of stratification and the Coriolis acceleration. The model is shown to reproduce satisfactorily the main features of existing laboratory measurements of stress-induced and convective turbulent entrainment in stratified flows.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Boundary-Layer Meteorology, v. 26, p. 397-412
Scholar Commons Citation
Hassid, S. and Galperin, Boris, "A Turbulent Energy Model for Geophysical Flows" (1983). Marine Science Faculty Publications. 1468.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/1468
