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Antoon van Hooft, J., Baas, Peter, van Tiggelen, Maurice, Ansorge, Cedrick ORCID: 0000-0001-9913-3759 and van de Wiel, Bas J. H. (2019). An Idealized Description for the Diurnal Cycle of the Dry Atmospheric Boundary Layer. J. Atmos. Sci., 76 (12). S. 3717 - 3737. BOSTON: AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC. ISSN 1520-0469

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Abstract

We present a conceptual model for the diurnal cycle of the dry atmospheric boundary layer (ABL). It may serve as a framework for future numerical studies on the transitional dynamics that characterize the ABL over land. The conceptual model enables us to define expressions for relevant physical scales as a function of the most prominent forcing parameters and the low degree of complexity facilitates a dimensionless description. This is useful to help generalize boundary layer dynamics that occur on a diurnal time scale. Further, the model's application for numerical studies is illustrated herein with two examples: a single-column-model study that assesses the effect of wind forcing on the main characteristics of the diurnal cycle, and a large-eddy-simulation study on the daily evolution of turbulence under weak-wind-forcing conditions. The results from these studies sketch the general evolution of the present set of diurnal-cycle systems in more detail. We discuss how the setups are able to reproduce well-known dynamical features of the ABL and also highlight limitations, where the simple conceptual system is unable to describe realistic ABL behavior. We conclude that the present conceptual model has an interesting balance between model-system complexity and physical realism, such that it is useful for future idealized studies on the diurnal cycle of the ABL.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Antoon van Hooft, J. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Baas, Peter UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED van Tiggelen, Maurice UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Ansorge, Cedrick UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-9913-3759 UNSPECIFIED van de Wiel, Bas J. H. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-126373
DOI:	10.1175/JAS-D-19-0023.1
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Atmos. Sci.
Volume:	76
Number:	12
Page Range:	S. 3717 - 3737
Date:	2019
Publisher:	AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC
Place of Publication:	BOSTON
ISSN:	1520-0469
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences > Department of Geosciences > Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language LARGE-EDDY-SIMULATION; MORNING TRANSITION; TURBULENCE; MODEL; SHEAR; LAND; ENTRAINMENT; CONVECTION; AFTERNOON; DECAY Multiple languages Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/12637