The flux Richardson number R, (also known as the mixing efficiency) for the stably stratified atmospheric boundary layer is investigated as a function of the gradient Richardson number Ri(g), using data taken during two field studies: the Vertical Transport and Mixing Experiment (VTMX) in Salt...
Within these outbursts the flux Richardson number was found between 0.1 and 0.2. The functional relationship between the gradient Richardson number and the turbulent Prandtl number agreed well with observations in past experiments and large eddy simulation. The impact of the stratification on the ...
Ri ≥0 (4) Where Ri is the gradient Richardson value, which can be calculated with formula (5): Ri = g z1z2 T ( ΔT Δu )2 ln ⎛ ⎜ ⎝ z2 z1 ⎞ ⎟ ⎠ . (5) Where T represents the average absolute tempera- ture (K) of the two selected air layers (z1, z2...
Similar results are obtained regardless of the stability parameter used in the stability function (i.e. either the Obukhov length or Richardson number) and of the use of either LST at \(z_{0T}\) or a second level of air temperature close to the surface. Similarly the estimates of the ...
Conversely, as the air becomes more statically stable, the Richardson number increases toward its critical value and the turbulence kinetic energy decreases toward zero, causing CH to also decrease toward zero. To estimate the vertical heat flux, one might have expected Eq. (9.19a) to be ...
Practically, it is important that the conversion from Richardson number to z/L, which is necessary in large-scale models, does not become singular. The functions in eqns [25] and [26] guarantee such a regular behavior. The last parameters that need specification in order to describe air–...
The gradient-based and flux-based similarity functions are assessed in terms of the Richardson number Ri and the stability parameter z/Λ*, z being height and Λ* the local Obukhov length. The resulting functions are expressed in an analytical form, which is essentially unaffected by self-...
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critical Richardson numberField measurements of the momentum flux and wind velocity gradient were carried out at three urban sites in the cities of Nanjing, Changzhou, and Suzhou, China. The observational data in the urban roughness sublayer are analyzed to derive the momentum flux-gradient ...
The Richardson number Ri computed using horizontal flow data and the standard CTD measurements by the EM-APEX float show Ri > 0.25 , implying that these subsurface layers are stable for Kelvin–Helmholtz insta- bility, and that double diffusion may not be disrupted by turbulence. On the ...