M.Sc. in Meteorology Physical Meteorology · The Planetary Boundary Layer The Planetary Boundary...
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M.Sc. in Meteorology
Physical MeteorologyProf Peter Lynch
Mathematical Computation Laboratory
Dept. of Maths. Physics, UCD, Belfield.
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Climate Change ????????????????
Tourists run through a swarm of pink locusts near Corralejo, on the Canary Island
of Fuerteventura, yesterday. Environmental experts estimate that some 100 million
of the insects arrived in the Canaries from North Africa at the weekend.
(Irish Times, Tue Nov 30, 2004)
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Part 5:
The Theory of the
Atmospheric Boundary Layer
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§5.1. Introduction
to Turbulent Flow
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The planetary boundary layer is the portion of the atmo-sphere in which the flow field is strongly influenced directlyby interaction with the surface of the earth.
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The planetary boundary layer is the portion of the atmo-sphere in which the flow field is strongly influenced directlyby interaction with the surface of the earth.
Ultimately, this interaction depends on molecular processes.
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The planetary boundary layer is the portion of the atmo-sphere in which the flow field is strongly influenced directlyby interaction with the surface of the earth.
Ultimately, this interaction depends on molecular processes.
Molecular diffusion is only important within the first fewmillimetres of the earth’s surface, where vertical wind shearsare very intense.
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The planetary boundary layer is the portion of the atmo-sphere in which the flow field is strongly influenced directlyby interaction with the surface of the earth.
Ultimately, this interaction depends on molecular processes.
Molecular diffusion is only important within the first fewmillimetres of the earth’s surface, where vertical wind shearsare very intense.
However, this viscous sub-layer has profound consequencesfor atmospheric flow:
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The planetary boundary layer is the portion of the atmo-sphere in which the flow field is strongly influenced directlyby interaction with the surface of the earth.
Ultimately, this interaction depends on molecular processes.
Molecular diffusion is only important within the first fewmillimetres of the earth’s surface, where vertical wind shearsare very intense.
However, this viscous sub-layer has profound consequencesfor atmospheric flow:
It causes the velocity to vanish at the earth boundary.This no-slip boundary condition continually leads to thedevelopment of turbulent eddies.
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The planetary boundary layer is the portion of the atmo-sphere in which the flow field is strongly influenced directlyby interaction with the surface of the earth.
Ultimately, this interaction depends on molecular processes.
Molecular diffusion is only important within the first fewmillimetres of the earth’s surface, where vertical wind shearsare very intense.
However, this viscous sub-layer has profound consequencesfor atmospheric flow:
It causes the velocity to vanish at the earth boundary.This no-slip boundary condition continually leads to thedevelopment of turbulent eddies.
The eddies have temporal and spatial scales much smallerthan can be resolved by observing network or by atmo-spheric computer models.
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The spatial scales of the turbulent eddies range from about10−3m to 103m, i.e., from a millimetre to a kilometre.
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The spatial scales of the turbulent eddies range from about10−3m to 103m, i.e., from a millimetre to a kilometre.
These shear-induced eddies are very effective in transfer-ring heat and moisture away from the surface, and momen-tum to the surface.
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The spatial scales of the turbulent eddies range from about10−3m to 103m, i.e., from a millimetre to a kilometre.
These shear-induced eddies are very effective in transfer-ring heat and moisture away from the surface, and momen-tum to the surface.
The eddy transfer rates are many orders of magnitude greaterthan those of molecular processes.
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The spatial scales of the turbulent eddies range from about10−3m to 103m, i.e., from a millimetre to a kilometre.
These shear-induced eddies are very effective in transfer-ring heat and moisture away from the surface, and momen-tum to the surface.
The eddy transfer rates are many orders of magnitude greaterthan those of molecular processes.
The depth of the boundary layer produced by this turbulenttransfer can vary from a few tens of metres in very stableconditions to several kilometres.
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The spatial scales of the turbulent eddies range from about10−3m to 103m, i.e., from a millimetre to a kilometre.
These shear-induced eddies are very effective in transfer-ring heat and moisture away from the surface, and momen-tum to the surface.
The eddy transfer rates are many orders of magnitude greaterthan those of molecular processes.
The depth of the boundary layer produced by this turbulenttransfer can vary from a few tens of metres in very stableconditions to several kilometres.
Typically it is about 1 km in depth and comprises about10% of the mass of the atmosphere.
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The spatial scales of the turbulent eddies range from about10−3m to 103m, i.e., from a millimetre to a kilometre.
These shear-induced eddies are very effective in transfer-ring heat and moisture away from the surface, and momen-tum to the surface.
The eddy transfer rates are many orders of magnitude greaterthan those of molecular processes.
The depth of the boundary layer produced by this turbulenttransfer can vary from a few tens of metres in very stableconditions to several kilometres.
Typically it is about 1 km in depth and comprises about10% of the mass of the atmosphere.
In the free atmopshere this turbulence can be ignored ex-cept in special circumstances (e.g., near jet streams, frontsand convective cells).
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The spatial scales of the turbulent eddies range from about10−3m to 103m, i.e., from a millimetre to a kilometre.
These shear-induced eddies are very effective in transfer-ring heat and moisture away from the surface, and momen-tum to the surface.
The eddy transfer rates are many orders of magnitude greaterthan those of molecular processes.
The depth of the boundary layer produced by this turbulenttransfer can vary from a few tens of metres in very stableconditions to several kilometres.
Typically it is about 1 km in depth and comprises about10% of the mass of the atmosphere.
In the free atmopshere this turbulence can be ignored ex-cept in special circumstances (e.g., near jet streams, frontsand convective cells).
However, in the boundary layer, it is a dominant processand must be included in the model equations.
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Jean Le Rond d’Alembert
A body moving at constant speed through a gas or a fluiddoes not experience any resistance (D’Alembert 1752).
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Hypothetical Fluid Flow
Purely Inviscid Flow. Upstream-downstream symmetry.
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Actual Fluid Flow
Viscous Flow. Strong upstream-downstream assymmetry.
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Resolution of d’Alembert’s Paradox
The minutest amount of viscosity has a profoundqualitative impact on the character of the solution.
The Navier-Stokes equations incorporate the effect ofviscosity.
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Flow around/over a Hill
Turbulence caused by flow around or over a hill . . .
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Flow around/over a Hill
. . . can be fatal for light aircraft.
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Wake Turbulence
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Wake Turbulence
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Small-scale Turbulence
The smoke rising from a cigarette flows upwards first inlaminar motion. But, as its speed grows, this motion
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Larger-scale Turbulence
Although they seem to hang motionless in the sky, cloudsare in perpetual turbulent motion. Constantly dissolving
and reforming, clouds take their shape from theever-changing conditions that form them.
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Larger Still
Colour-enhanced image from the Eumetsat MSG-1satellite (18 February, 2003).
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Von Karman Vortex Street
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Von Karman Vortex Street
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Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability
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Onset of Turbulent Flow
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Parameterization Schemes
We consider now the various parameterizationschemes used in the ECMWF Weather Fore-cast Model.
This model is known as the IFS, for IntegratedForecast System.
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Integrated Forecast System
Physical processes represented in the IFS model.
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The physical processes associated with
• radiative transfer,
• turbulent mixing,
• subgrid-scale orographic drag,
• moist convection,
• clouds, and
• surface/soil processes
have a strong impact on the large scale flow ofthe atmosphere.
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The physical processes associated with
• radiative transfer,
• turbulent mixing,
• subgrid-scale orographic drag,
• moist convection,
• clouds, and
• surface/soil processes
have a strong impact on the large scale flow ofthe atmosphere.
However, these mechanisms are often active atscales smaller than the horizontal grid size.
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Parametrization schemes are then necessary in order toproperly describe the impact of these subgrid-scale mecha-nisms on the large scale flow of the atmosphere.
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Parametrization schemes are then necessary in order toproperly describe the impact of these subgrid-scale mecha-nisms on the large scale flow of the atmosphere.
In other words the ensemble effect of the subgrid-scale pro-cesses has to be formulated in terms of the resolved grid-scale variables.
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Parametrization schemes are then necessary in order toproperly describe the impact of these subgrid-scale mecha-nisms on the large scale flow of the atmosphere.
In other words the ensemble effect of the subgrid-scale pro-cesses has to be formulated in terms of the resolved grid-scale variables.
Furthermore, forecast weather parameters, such as two-metre temperature, precipitation and cloud cover, are com-puted by the physical parametrization part of the model.
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Physical Parametrization Package
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Physical Parametrization PackageAfter all the explicit dynamical computations per time-stepare performed, the physics parametrization package is calledby the model.
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Physical Parametrization PackageAfter all the explicit dynamical computations per time-stepare performed, the physics parametrization package is calledby the model.
The physics computations are performed only in the verticaldirection. That is, each column is considered independently.
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Physical Parametrization PackageAfter all the explicit dynamical computations per time-stepare performed, the physics parametrization package is calledby the model.
The physics computations are performed only in the verticaldirection. That is, each column is considered independently.
The input information for the physics consists of the valuesof the mean prognostic variables (wind components, tem-perature, specific humidity, liquid/ice water content andcloud fraction), the provisional dynamical tendencies forthe same variables and various surface fields, both fixed andvariable.
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The Planetary Boundary LayerThe Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) plays a fundamentalrole in the whole atmosphere-earth system.
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The Planetary Boundary LayerThe Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) plays a fundamentalrole in the whole atmosphere-earth system.
It is through the surface exchanges of momentum, heatand moisture that the atmosphere feels that it moves overa rough land surface or a wet smooth sea.
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The Planetary Boundary LayerThe Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) plays a fundamentalrole in the whole atmosphere-earth system.
It is through the surface exchanges of momentum, heatand moisture that the atmosphere feels that it moves overa rough land surface or a wet smooth sea.
The lowest 13 levels of the ECMWF model are at around10, 30, 60, 100, 160, 240, 340, 460, 600, 760, 950, 1170 and1400 m above the model surface.
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The Planetary Boundary LayerThe Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) plays a fundamentalrole in the whole atmosphere-earth system.
It is through the surface exchanges of momentum, heatand moisture that the atmosphere feels that it moves overa rough land surface or a wet smooth sea.
The lowest 13 levels of the ECMWF model are at around10, 30, 60, 100, 160, 240, 340, 460, 600, 760, 950, 1170 and1400 m above the model surface.
Even with this fairly high resolution the vertical gradientsof temperature, wind, moisture etc. in the PBL cannot bedescribed very accurately, let alone the turbulent transportsof momentum, heat and moisture.
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The Planetary Boundary LayerThe Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) plays a fundamentalrole in the whole atmosphere-earth system.
It is through the surface exchanges of momentum, heatand moisture that the atmosphere feels that it moves overa rough land surface or a wet smooth sea.
The lowest 13 levels of the ECMWF model are at around10, 30, 60, 100, 160, 240, 340, 460, 600, 760, 950, 1170 and1400 m above the model surface.
Even with this fairly high resolution the vertical gradientsof temperature, wind, moisture etc. in the PBL cannot bedescribed very accurately, let alone the turbulent transportsof momentum, heat and moisture.
For the estimation of these parameters the model uses thelarger scale variables such as wind, temperature and specifichumidity.
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The assumption is that the transports are proportional tothe vertical gradients of the large-scale variables.
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The assumption is that the transports are proportional tothe vertical gradients of the large-scale variables.
At the earth’s surface, the turbulent transports of momen-tum, heat and moisture are computed as a function of air-surface differences and surface characteristics.
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The assumption is that the transports are proportional tothe vertical gradients of the large-scale variables.
At the earth’s surface, the turbulent transports of momen-tum, heat and moisture are computed as a function of air-surface differences and surface characteristics.
Over land areas, snow depth, soil temperature and wetnessare forecast variables, calculated by a model of the soil withfour layers with respective depths of 7, 21, 72 and 189 cm.
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The assumption is that the transports are proportional tothe vertical gradients of the large-scale variables.
At the earth’s surface, the turbulent transports of momen-tum, heat and moisture are computed as a function of air-surface differences and surface characteristics.
Over land areas, snow depth, soil temperature and wetnessare forecast variables, calculated by a model of the soil withfour layers with respective depths of 7, 21, 72 and 189 cm.
The sea surface temperature (SST) is based on analysesreceived daily from NCEP, Washington. It is based on ship,buoy and satellite observations.
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The assumption is that the transports are proportional tothe vertical gradients of the large-scale variables.
At the earth’s surface, the turbulent transports of momen-tum, heat and moisture are computed as a function of air-surface differences and surface characteristics.
Over land areas, snow depth, soil temperature and wetnessare forecast variables, calculated by a model of the soil withfour layers with respective depths of 7, 21, 72 and 189 cm.
The sea surface temperature (SST) is based on analysesreceived daily from NCEP, Washington. It is based on ship,buoy and satellite observations.
In small waters like the Baltic Sea where rapid changes inSST can take place during the cold season, the real SST cansometimes differ by as much as 5◦ from the analysis.
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The assumption is that the transports are proportional tothe vertical gradients of the large-scale variables.
At the earth’s surface, the turbulent transports of momen-tum, heat and moisture are computed as a function of air-surface differences and surface characteristics.
Over land areas, snow depth, soil temperature and wetnessare forecast variables, calculated by a model of the soil withfour layers with respective depths of 7, 21, 72 and 189 cm.
The sea surface temperature (SST) is based on analysesreceived daily from NCEP, Washington. It is based on ship,buoy and satellite observations.
In small waters like the Baltic Sea where rapid changes inSST can take place during the cold season, the real SST cansometimes differ by as much as 5◦ from the analysis.
The sea-ice fraction is based on satellite observations. Thetemperature at the surface of the ice is variable, accordingto a simple energy balance/heat budget scheme.
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The SST over ice-free water and the distribution of sea andsea-ice points is kept constant during the forecast; no freez-ing of the water or melting of the ice is allowed.
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The SST over ice-free water and the distribution of sea andsea-ice points is kept constant during the forecast; no freez-ing of the water or melting of the ice is allowed.
For the albedo a background monthly climate field is usedover land. Over sea-ice the albedo is set to 0.7 and 0.5 forthe two spectral bands. Open water has an albedo of 0.06for diffuse radiation and a functional dependence of solarradiation for direct radiation.
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The SST over ice-free water and the distribution of sea andsea-ice points is kept constant during the forecast; no freez-ing of the water or melting of the ice is allowed.
For the albedo a background monthly climate field is usedover land. Over sea-ice the albedo is set to 0.7 and 0.5 forthe two spectral bands. Open water has an albedo of 0.06for diffuse radiation and a functional dependence of solarradiation for direct radiation.
Over land the forecast albedo depends on the backgroundalbedo and the snow depth. It has a minimum of 0.07 andcan go up to 0.80 for exposed snow and 0.20 for snow inforest.
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The SST over ice-free water and the distribution of sea andsea-ice points is kept constant during the forecast; no freez-ing of the water or melting of the ice is allowed.
For the albedo a background monthly climate field is usedover land. Over sea-ice the albedo is set to 0.7 and 0.5 forthe two spectral bands. Open water has an albedo of 0.06for diffuse radiation and a functional dependence of solarradiation for direct radiation.
Over land the forecast albedo depends on the backgroundalbedo and the snow depth. It has a minimum of 0.07 andcan go up to 0.80 for exposed snow and 0.20 for snow inforest.
The thermal properties of snow covered ground dependonly on the snow mass per unit area. The snow depthevolves through the combined effect of snowfall, evapora-tion and melting. As the snow ages, the albedo decreasesand the density increases.
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The soil moisture is divided into skin and soil reservoirs.
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The soil moisture is divided into skin and soil reservoirs.
The skin reservoir (which mainly is moisture on vegetation)evolves under the action of its own evaporation and its abil-ity to collect dew and intercept precipitation.
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The soil moisture is divided into skin and soil reservoirs.
The skin reservoir (which mainly is moisture on vegetation)evolves under the action of its own evaporation and its abil-ity to collect dew and intercept precipitation.
The soil reservoir takes into account precipitation and snowmelt, as well as vertical transfer of water due to drainageand capillarity, evaporation over bare ground and root up-take by vegetation.
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The soil moisture is divided into skin and soil reservoirs.
The skin reservoir (which mainly is moisture on vegetation)evolves under the action of its own evaporation and its abil-ity to collect dew and intercept precipitation.
The soil reservoir takes into account precipitation and snowmelt, as well as vertical transfer of water due to drainageand capillarity, evaporation over bare ground and root up-take by vegetation.
The vegetation ratio is separated into low and high vege-tation fractions and the corresponding dominant types ofvegetation are specified in each grid point and used by themodel to estimate the evaporation.
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The orographic drag scheme represents the momentum trans-port due to sub-grid gravity waves and the blocking effectof orography in relatively stable conditions.
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The orographic drag scheme represents the momentum trans-port due to sub-grid gravity waves and the blocking effectof orography in relatively stable conditions.
When stably stratified air flow crosses a mountain ridge,gravity waves are excited into the flow. Depending on thestatic stability and vertical wind shear, these gravity wavescan propagate vertically until they have sufficiently largeamplitude to break.
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The orographic drag scheme represents the momentum trans-port due to sub-grid gravity waves and the blocking effectof orography in relatively stable conditions.
When stably stratified air flow crosses a mountain ridge,gravity waves are excited into the flow. Depending on thestatic stability and vertical wind shear, these gravity wavescan propagate vertically until they have sufficiently largeamplitude to break.
The scheme has a certain impact on the large scale flow; itmakes it slightly less zonal and contributes to the formationof blocking highs and cut-off lows.
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The orographic drag scheme represents the momentum trans-port due to sub-grid gravity waves and the blocking effectof orography in relatively stable conditions.
When stably stratified air flow crosses a mountain ridge,gravity waves are excited into the flow. Depending on thestatic stability and vertical wind shear, these gravity wavescan propagate vertically until they have sufficiently largeamplitude to break.
The scheme has a certain impact on the large scale flow; itmakes it slightly less zonal and contributes to the formationof blocking highs and cut-off lows.
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Comprehensive information on the IFS code is available at
www.ecmwf.int
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