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IOP Publishing, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, (753), p. 032038, 2016

DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/753/3/032038

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Validation of buoyancy driven spectral tensor model using HATS data

Journal article published in 2016 by A. Chougule, Jakob Mann ORCID, Mark C. Kelly, Gunner C.-H.-R. Larsen
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Abstract

We present a homogeneous spectral tensor model for wind velocity and temperature fluctuations, driven by mean vertical shear and mean temperature gradient. Results from the model, including one-dimensional velocity and temperature spectra and the associated co-spectra, are shown in this paper. The model also reproduces two-point statistics, such as coherence and phases, via cross-spectra between two points separated in space. Model results are compared with observations from the Horizontal Array Turbulence Study (HATS) field program (Horst et al. 2004). The spectral velocity tensor in the model is described via five parameters: the dissipation rate (ε), length scale of energy-containing eddies (L), a turbulence anisotropy parameter (Γ), gradient Richardson number (Ri) representing the atmospheric stability and the rate of destruction of temperature variance (ηθ).