Marine Science Faculty Publications
‘Application of a New Spectral Theory of Stably Stratified Turbulence to the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Over Sea Ice’
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2005
Keywords
Atmospheric boundary layer, Spectral theories, Stable stratification, Turbulence
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-004-6848-4
Abstract
A new spectral closure model of stably stratified turbulence is used to develop a K–ε model suitable for applications to the atmospheric boundary layer. This K–ε model utilizes vertical viscosity and diffusivity obtained from the spectral theory. In the ε equation, the Coriolis parameter-dependent formulation of the coefficient C 1 suggested by Detering and Etling is generalized to include the dependence on the Brunt-Väisälä frequency, N. The new K–ε model is tested in simulations of the ABL over sea ice and compared with observations from BASE as simulated in large-eddy simulations by Kosovic and Curry, and observations from SHEBA.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Boundary-Layer Meteorology, v. 117, p. 231-257
Scholar Commons Citation
Sukoriansky, Semion; Galperin, Boris; and Perov, Veniamin, "‘Application of a New Spectral Theory of Stably Stratified Turbulence to the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Over Sea Ice’" (2005). Marine Science Faculty Publications. 1486.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/1486
