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Cho, J.Y.N., Anderson, B.E., Barrick, J.D.W. and Thornhill, K.L. (2001). Aircraft observations of boundary layer turbulence: Intermittency and the cascade of energy and passive scalar variance. Journal of Geophysical Research 106: doi: 10.1029/2001JD900079. issn: 0148-0227. |
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We analyze boundary layer velocity and temperature measurements acquired by aircraft at 22 Hz. The calculated longitudinal velocity third-order structure function yields approximate agreement with Kolmogorov's four-fifths law for the scale range ~10--100 m with a downscale energy flux of ~4¿10-5 m2 s-3. For scales greater than ~10 km the sign is reversed, implying an inverse energy cascade with an estimated flux of ~10-5 m2 s-3 associated with two-dimensional stratified turbulence. The mixed structure function of longitudinal velocity and squared temperature increment follows Yaglom's four-thirds law in the same scale range, yielding an estimated downscale temperature variance flux of ~5¿10-7 K2 s-1. Analysis of higher-order structure functions yields anomalous scaling for both velocity and temperature. The scaling also reveals second-order multifractal phase transitions for both velocity and temperature data. Above the transition moments, asymptotes varying with the number of realizations argue against the log-Poisson model. The log-L¿vy model is better able to explain the observed characteristics. ¿ 2001 American Geophysical Union |
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Keywords
Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Troposphere—constituent transport and chemistry, Mathematical Geophysics, Fractals and multifractals, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Boundary layer processes, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Turbulence |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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