Similarity of scalar fields in the convective boundary layer

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences;  July 1, 1999 ;   Sorbjan, Zbigniew;   787 words ......shearless, convective mixed layer. The concept of...portion of the boundary layer also has a self-simil...moderately stable boundary layer was found by Nieuwstadt...stably stratified boundary layer (e.g., Sorbjan...the convective mixed layer, verify the ...

The NRL Layered Global Ocean Model (NLOM) with an Embedded Mixed Layer...

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology;  November 1, 2003 ;   Wallcraft, Alan J; Kara, A Birol; Hurlburt, Harley E; Rochford, Peter A;   787 words ...ABSTRACT A bulk-type (modified Kraus-Turner) mixed layer model that is embedded within the Naval...currents, the temperature just below the mixed layer, and an estimate of the stable mixed layer depth. Coupling is achieved by explicitly...

Spatial and structural variation of the atmospheric boundary layer during...

Journal of Applied Meteorology;  April 1, 2002 ;   Dayan, Uri; Lifshitz-Goldreich, Batia; Pick, Karel;   787 words ......structure of the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) in Israel along the coastal...spatial variation of the turbulent mixed layer and the stable layer capping...structure of the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) and its spatial variation...

The detection of mixed layer depth and entrainment zone thickness from...

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology;  July 1, 1999 ;   Steyn, D G; Baldi, M; Hoff, R M;   787 words ......this case, the mixed layer depth (MLD) is...largest scales of boundary layer turbulence (Stull...The detection of mixed layer structures from...inspection to yield boundary layer parameters such...automated detection of boundary layer structures, ...

Formation and development of nocturnal boundary layer clouds over the...

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences;  June 1, 2001 ;   Zhu, Ping; Albrecht, Bruce; Gottschalck, Jon;   787 words ......of nocturnal boundary layer clouds over...simple wellmixed boundary layer theory. By analyzing...rate of the mixed layer depth based...of the whole boundary layer, the authors...Introduction Boundary layer clouds can form...the top of the mixed ...

Large Eddy Simulation of the Ocean Mixed Layer: The Effects of Wave...

Journal of Physical Oceanography;  April 1, 2004 ;   Noh, Yign; Min, Hong Sik; Raasch, Siegfried;   787 words ......upper-ocean mixed layer becomes dominated...atmospheric boundary layer where it is...and the ocean mixed layer model also reveals...of the ocean mixed layer. 1. Introduction...of the ocean mixed layer in contrast to the atmospheric boundary ...

Similarity equations for wind and temperature profiles in the radix layer,...

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences;  June 1, 2001 ;   Santoso, Edi; Stull, Roland;   787 words ......convective boundary layer, also known as the mixed layer, is a relatively...convective boundary layer. 1. Introduction The term mixed layer (ML) is used...planetary boundary layer and for Rayleigh...convectively mixed layer. J. Fluid...

A case study of the morning evolution of the convective boundary layer...

Journal of Applied Meteorology;  October 1, 2002 ;   Garcia, Jose A; Cancillo, Maria L; Cano, Jose L;   787 words ......of the importance of the convective boundary layer depth (CBLD) in determining pollutant...morning evolution of the convective boundary layer was carried out at the Central Nuclear...Introduction Knowledge of the planetary boundary layer (PBL) depth and its evolution is of...the ...

Parameterization of Joint Frequency Distributions of Potential Temperature...

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences;  April 1, 2004 ;   Berg, Larry K; Stull, Roland B;   787 words ......within the convective boundary layer were measured during a new field experiment named Boundary Layer Experiment 1996 (BLX96...function of both height and boundary layer dynamics. These distributions...properties of the surface, mixed layer, and entrainment ...

Convectively Driven Mixing in the Bottom Boundary Layer

Journal of Physical Oceanography;  October 1, 2004 ;   Moum, J N; Perlin, A; Klymak, J M; Levine, M D; Et al;   787 words ......through the bottom boundary layer over a sloping...where D is the mixed layer height). The...in the bottom mixed layer is estimated...which the bottom boundary layer was unstably...in the bottom boundary layer decreases up...of the bottom boundary ...

Variability of the Oceanic Mixed Layer, 1960-2004

Journal of Climate;  March 1, 2008 ;   Carton, James A; Grodsky, Semyon A; Liu, Hailong;   787 words ......monthly uniformly gridded analysis of mixed layer properties based on the World Ocean...examine interannual and longer changes in mixed layer properties during the 45-yr period 1960-20...variability in the winter-spring depth of the mixed layer in the subtropics and midlatitudes...

The Closure of the Ocean Mixed Layer Temperature Budget Using...

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology;  June 1, 2006 ;   Kim, Seung-Bum; Fukumori, Ichiro; Lee, Tong;   787 words ......Entrainment is an important element of the mixed layer mass, heat, and temperature budgets...does not have an explicit prognostic mixed layer model is described. The integral elements...of the temperature difference between mixed layer water and entrained water at each horizontal...

Turbulent vertical kinetic energy in the ocean mixed layer

Journal of Physical Oceanography;  December 1, 2001 ;   D'Asaro, Eric A;   787 words ......velocities in the ocean boundary layer were measured for two...vertical velocity in the boundary layer (sigma)^sup 2^^sub...physics of the oceanic boundary layer, their effects on vertical...properties in the ocean boundary layer are limited. Accordingly...models of the ...

Radiation of mixed layer near-inertial oscillations into the ocean...

Journal of Physical Oceanography;  June 1, 2001 ;   Moehlis, J; Smith, Stefan G Llewellyn;   787 words ......2000) ABSTRACT The radiation from the mixed layer into the interior of the ocean of near-inerti...problem. Making use of the fact that the mixed layer depth is much smaller than the total...The predicted decay of near-inertial mixed layer energy in the presence of the beta effect...

The ocean boundary layer below Hurricane Dennis

Journal of Physical Oceanography;  March 1, 2003 ;   D'Asaro, Eric A;   787 words ......properties of the ocean boundary layer beneath sustained 30...repeatedly moved through a mixed layer 30-70 m deep at average...mechanisms in the ocean boundary layer under these severe...deep water into the mixed layer (Price et al. 1994...