Session: boundary layers: stable, and convective, and transitional (Parallel with Sessions 5 and 6) (16th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence and 13th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere)

Tuesday, 10 August 2004: 8:00 AM-5:15 PM

Vermont Room

Host: 16th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence

Organizers:

João Teixeira, UCAR Visiting Scientist, NRL, UCAR Fellow, Modeling Branch, Monterey, CA and Branko Kosovic, LLNL, Atmospheric Science Division, Livermore, CA

Papers:

8:00 AM

4.1

An intercomparison of large-eddy simulations of the stable boundary layer

Robert J. Beare, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and M. MacVean, A. A. M. Holtslag, J. Cuxart, I. Esau, J. C. Golaz, M. Jimenez, M. F. Khairoutdinov, B. Kosovic, D. C. Lewellen, T. S. Lund, J. K. Lundquist, A. McCabe, A. Moene, Y. Noh, S. Raasch, and P. P. Sullivan

Recorded presentation

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8:15 AM

4.2

Single-column model intercomparison for a stably stratified atmospheric boundary layer

Joan Cuxart, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain; and B. Holtslag

Recorded presentation

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8:30 AM

4.3

Modelling the evolution of the nocturnal boundary layer for three different nights in CASES-99

Gert-Jan Steeneveld, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and B. Van de Wiel and A. A. M. Holtslag

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8:45 AM

4.4

Simulation of the GABLS stable boundary layer intercomparison case using one-dimensional turbulence

Alan R. Kerstein, (none), Danville, CA; and S. Wunsch

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9:00 AM

4.5

The Arctic boundary layer in six regional scale (ARCMIP) models

Michael Tjernström, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; and M. Zagar, G. Svensson, J. J. Cassano, K. Dethloff, C. G. Jones, S. Pfeifer, A. Rinke, T. Semmler, M. Shaw, and K. Wyser

Recorded presentation

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9:15 AM

4.6

Vertical heat transfer in the lower atmosphere over the Arctic Ocean during clear-sky periods

Jeffrey D. Mirocha, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and B. Kosovic and J. A. Curry

9:30 AM

4.7

Observation of intermittent turbulence over Arctic sea-ice

A.C. Kroonenberg, van den, Aerospace Systems/Technical Univ., Braunschweig, Germany; and T. Spiess and J. Bange

Recorded presentation

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9:45 AM

4.8

Semi-collapsed and advective stable boundary layers

Larry Mahrt, NorthWest Research Associates, Inc., Corvallis, OR; and D. Vickers

Recorded presentation

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10:00 AM

4.9

Turbulence kinetic energy budgets and dissipation rates in disturbed stable boundary layers

Julie K. Lundquist, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO; and M. Piper and B. Kosovic

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10:15 AM

4.10

Low-level jet properties and turbulence below the jet during the Lamar Low-Level Jet Project

Robert M. Banta, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and N. D. Kelley and Y. L. Pichugina

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10:30 AM

4.11

Nocturnal low-level jet characteristics over southern Colorado

Yelena L. Pichugina, Science and Technology Corporation, Boulder, CO; and R. M. Banta, N. D. Kelley, S. P. Sandberg, J. L. Machol, and W. A. Brewer

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10:45 AM

4.12

New England coastal boundary layer modeling

Mark Zagar, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; and M. Tjernström and W. M. Angevine

Recorded presentation

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11:00 AM

4.13

Measurements of stable boundary layers in an urban environment

Rod Frehlich, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and Y. Meillier, M. L. Jensen, B. B. Balsley, R. Sharman, and T. Warner

4.14

The stable boundary layer and the ‘accumulation layer’

11:30 AM

4.15

Modelling the 1D stable boundary layer with an Ε - l turbulence closure

Wensong Weng, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada; and P. A. Taylor

Recorded presentation

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11:45 AM

4.16

Modeling the Stable Atmospheric Boundary Layer with a Third-order Closure Model

Anning Cheng, NASA, Hampton, VA; and K. M. Xu

Recorded presentation

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12:00 PM

4.17

Limit of very strong stability: frictionless concept

A. A. Grachev, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and E. L. Andreas, C. W. Fairall, P. S. Guest, and P. O. G. Persson

Recorded presentation

12:15 PM

4.18

Stable boundary layer decoupling: towards a linear stability analysis

Bas J. H. Van de Wiel, Wageningen University and Research-Centre, Wageningen, Netherlands; and A. F. Moene and G. J. Steeneveld

Recorded presentation

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12:30 PM

4.19

Large eddy simulation of a weakly stable boundary layer using dynamic subgrid-scale models

Thomas S. Lund, Colorado Research Associates, Boulder, CO; and P. P. Sullivan and G. S. Poulos

Recorded presentation

12:45 PM

4.20

Influences on the height of the stable boundary layer as seen in LES

Branko Kosovic, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and J. K. Lundquist

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1:00 PM

4.21

Large-eddy simulation of stably stratified canopy turbulence

Edward G. Patton, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. P. Sullivan

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1:15 PM

4.22

Role of the shear and inversion strength during sunset turbulence over land: characteristic length scales

David Pino, Technical University of Catalonia, Castelldefels, Spain; and H. J. J. Jonker, J. Vilà-Guerau de Arellano, and A. Dosio

Recorded presentation

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1:30 PM

4.23

Momentum and scalar transport during the decay of CBL turbulence

David R. Fitzjarrald, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; and J. M. Freedman, M. J. Czikowsky, R. K. Sakai, O. C. Acevedo, and O. L. L. Moraes

Recorded presentation

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1:45 PM

4.24

The humidity structure of the convective boundary layer - six weeks measurements with a ground-based Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL)

Barbara Hennemuth, Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorolgy, Hamburg, Germany; and K. Ertel

Recorded presentation

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2:00 PM

4.25

Laboratory experiments of entrainment in dry convective boundary layers

Harm J. J. Jonker, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; and T. Heus, E. Hagen, and H. V. Dop