Turbulence Fine Structure, Intermittency, and Large-Scale Interactions in the Stable Boundary Layer and Residual Layer: Correlative High-Resolution Measurements andDirect Numerical Simulations

Abstract

Research focused on the first two of the defined science goals related to characterization and understanding of turbulence sources, instability dynamics, and influences in multi-scale stable boundary layer (SBL) flows. During this time, we achieved major successes in both the numerical and the observational components of this study. The scientific motivations for our overall research program are described in Section 2. Sections 3 and 4 describe in greater detail the results obtained and their implications for SBL dynamics and further research foci.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 05, 2012
Accession Number
ADA606059

Entities

People

  • D. C. Fritts

Organizations

  • Northwest Research Associates

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air National Guard
  • Amplitude
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Data Sets
  • Gravity Waves
  • High Resolution
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Energy
  • Simulations
  • Statistics
  • Telemetry
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Temperature Inversion
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers