Formulation of the thermal internal boundary layer in a mesoscale model. II. Simulations with a level-2.5 turbulence closure

✍ Scribed by Raymond W. Arritt; William L. Physick

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 360 KB
• Volume: 49
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0006-8314
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00123652

✦ Synopsis

Physick et al. (1989)

have discussed some difficulties associated with simulation of the sea-breeze thermal internal boundary layer (TIBL), using a numerical model containing a profile exchange coefficient formulation developed by O'Brien (1970). They suggested that a closure scheme based on a prediction of turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) would be able to resolve the TIBL better than a profile scheme. This Research Note reports simulations of the case discussed in I, using a numerical model with a TKE-based turbulence closure.