Simulations of Atmospheric Flows in the Boundary Layer Over Inhomogeneous Surface Conditions

Abstract

The long-term goals of this research are to improve the description and prediction of resolvable and subgrid-scale atmospheric fields over inhomogeneous surfaces, and to develop an integrated modeling system for weather phenomena and dispersion effects on a variety of spatial and temporal scales. The specific objectives of this project are as follows: (1) develop a fully-compressible and computationally efficient model that can be applied to atmospheric and dispersion fields on domains ranging from microscale to mesoscale, (2) investigate turbulence transfer within the atmospheric boundary layer, (3) formulate a conceptual model of nonlocal turbulent mixing, and (4) develop a method of evaluating atmospheric models.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA551263

Entities

People

  • Darko R. Kora*in

Organizations

  • Desert Research Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Pollution
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Dispersions
  • Environment
  • High Resolution
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Large Eddy Simulation
  • Layers
  • Marine Meteorology
  • Measurement
  • Meteorology
  • Mixing
  • Simulations
  • Surface Properties
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Climatology
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)