NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF WIND AND TURBULENCE IN THE PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER,

Abstract

Meteorology is subdivided according to the scales of micrometeorology, mesometeorology and macrometeorology. This division appears real since research interests and successes have been widely separated. If meso-scale phenomena are regarded as perturbations within the macroscale, two elements can be selected to characterize the divisions. These would be the logarithmic wind profile to characterize micrometeorology and the geostrophic wind to characterize the others. The purpose of this report is to present a hypothesis which unifies these two concepts. The model resulting from the hypothesis is solved and the results are presented in a form usable for many situations where it is necessary to predict the vertical distribution of the wind and turbulence characteristics within the planetary boundary layer. The treatment will be limited to the barotropic, adiabatic, steady state case.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0612121

Entities

People

  • J. F. Appleby
  • W. D. Ohmstede

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Geostrophic Wind
  • Layers
  • Meteorology
  • Perturbations
  • Steady State
  • Turbulence
  • United States
  • United States Military Academy
  • Wind

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Theoretical Analysis.