[HTML][HTML] The BLLAST field experiment: boundary-layer late afternoon and sunset turbulence

M Lothon, F Lohou, D Pino, F Couvreux… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - acp.copernicus.org
Due to the major role of the sun in heating the earth's surface, the atmospheric planetary
boundary layer over land is inherently marked by a diurnal cycle. The afternoon transition …

Investigation of PBL schemes combining the WRF model simulations with scanning water vapor differential absorption lidar measurements

J Milovac, K Warrach‐Sagi, A Behrendt… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Six simulations with the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model differing in
planetary boundary layer (PBL) schemes and land surface models (LSMs) are investigated …

A simple model for the afternoon and early evening decay of convective turbulence over different land surfaces

DF Nadeau, ER Pardyjak, CW Higgins… - Boundary-layer …, 2011 - Springer
A simple model to study the decay of turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) in the convective surface
layer is presented. In this model, the TKE is dependent upon two terms, the turbulent …

Turbulence vertical structure of the boundary layer during the afternoon transition

C Darbieu, F Lohou, M Lothon… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
We investigate the decay of planetary boundary layer (PBL) turbulence in the afternoon,
from the time the surface buoyancy flux starts to decrease until sunset. Dense observations …

Observations of near-surface heat-flux and temperature profiles through the early evening transition over contrasting surfaces

DD Jensen, DF Nadeau, SW Hoch… - Boundary-layer …, 2016 - Springer
Near-surface turbulence data from the Mountain Terrain Atmospheric Modeling and
Observations (MATERHORN) program are used to study countergradient heat fluxes …

Sunset decay of the convective turbulence with Large-Eddy Simulation under realistic conditions

U Rizza, MM Miglietta, GA Degrazia… - Physica A: Statistical …, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract Large-Eddy Simulation is performed for a single day from the Cooperative
Atmosphere-Surface Exchange Study (CASES-99) field program. This study investigates an …

Turbulence kinetic energy budget during the afternoon transition–Part 1: Observed surface TKE budget and boundary layer description for 10 intensive observation …

E Nilsson, F Lohou, M Lothon… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
The decay of turbulence kinetic energy (TKE) and its budget in the afternoon period from
midday until zero-buoyancy flux at the surface is studied in a two-part paper by means of …

Daytime temporal variation of surface-layer parameters and turbulence kinetic energy budget in topographically complex terrain around Umiam, India

N Barman, A Borgohain, SS Kundu, R Roy… - Boundary-Layer …, 2019 - Springer
We present the temporal variation of surface-layer parameters and the turbulence kinetic
energy budget over complex terrain during daytime. Data from three-dimensional fast …

[HTML][HTML] Role of wind shear in the decay of convective boundary layers

SB Park, JJ Baik, BS Han - Atmosphere, 2020 - mdpi.com
The role of wind shear in the decay of the convective boundary layer (CBL) is systematically
investigated using a series of large-eddy simulations. Nine CBLs with weak, intermediate …

Turbulence kinetic energy budget during the afternoon transition–Part 2: A simple TKE model

E Nilsson, M Lothon, F Lohou… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
A simple model for turbulence kinetic energy (TKE) and the TKE budget is presented for
sheared convective atmospheric conditions based on observations from the Boundary Layer …