A statistical description of small-scale turbulence in the low-level nocturnal jet

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作者
Frehlich, R [1 ]
Meillier, Y [1 ]
Jensen, ML [1 ]
Balsley, B [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Colorado, CIRES, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
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10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<1079:ASDOST>2.0.CO;2
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P4 [大气科学(气象学)];
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0706 ; 070601 ;
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The probability density function (PDF) and spatial statistics of both the energy dissipation rate epsilon and the temperature structure constant C-T(2) are determined for the shear region of a nocturnal jet. The PDF of epsilon and C-T(2) are approximately lognormal. In addition, the joint probability density function of epsilon and C-T(2) is approximately a joint lognormal distribution. The one-dimensional spatial spectra of epsilon and C-T(2) in the inertial region have a k(-0.5) and k(-0.6) dependence, respectively, where k is the horizontal spatial wavenumber.
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页码:1079 / 1085
页数:7
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