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Monin-Obukhov similarity theory (MOST) is used in virtually every Earth System Model (ESM) to parameterize the near-surface turbulent exchanges, however there is high uncertainty in the literature about the appropriate parameterizations to…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2023-10-12 Samuele Mosso , Marc Calaf , Ivana Stiperski

When turbulent boundary layer flows encounter abrupt roughness changes, an Internal Boundary Layer (IBL) forms. Equilibrium theory breaks down in the nonequilibrium IBL, which may extend O(10) km for natural atmospheric flows. Here, we find…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-06-12 Justin P. Cooke , George I. Park , Douglas J. Jerolmack , Paulo E. Arratia

The stable atmospheric boundary layer (SABL) is broadly classified into two subtypes: the nocturnal SABL, driven primarily by surface cooling, and the long-lived SABL, in which ambient stratification coexists with surface cooling and…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-05-28 K. Chand , Cheng-Nian Xiao , Inanc Senocak

We propose a theory for predicting the mean velocity and Reynolds shear and normal stresses profiles in the wake region of equilibrium adverse pressure-gradient (PG, APG) turbulent boundary layers (TBLs). Firstly, we explore the PG-induced…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-01-17 Wei-Tao Bi , Jun Chen , Zhen-Su She

Monin-Obukhov Similarity Theory (MOST), the traditional surface layer theory used to understand the behavior, scaling and exchange of heat, water vapor and carbon dioxide between the land surface and atmosphere relies on a number of…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2025-11-06 Tyler Waterman , Ivana Stiperski , Laura Torres-Rojas , Marc Calaf

In the two-layer quasi-geostrophic model, the friction between the flow at the lower layer and the surface boundary layer, placed beneath the lower layer, is modeled by the Ekman term, which is a linear dissipation term with respect to the…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2020-01-22 Eleftherios Gkioulekas

Boundary layer turbulence, particularly the vertical fluxes of momentum, shapes the evolution of winds and currents and plays a critical role in weather, climate, and biogeochemical processes. In this work, a unified, data-driven…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2025-11-04 Renaud Falga , Sara Shamekh , Laure Zanna

We extend the data-assimilation approach of Ling and Lozano-Dur\'an (AIAA 2025-1280) to develop machine-learning-based subgrid-scale stress (SGS) models for large-eddy simulation (LES) that are consistent with the numerical scheme of the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-01-29 Yuenong Ling , Adrián Lozano-Durán

In this study, we utilize a novel approach to solve the Ekman equations for eddy viscosity profiles in the stable boundary layer. By doing so, a well-known expression for the stable boundary layer height by Zilitinkevich (Boundary-Layer…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2022-11-30 Sukanta Basu , Albert A. M. Holtslag

This paper presents a novel parametrization approach for aeroelastic systems utilizing Koopman theory, specifically leveraging the Koopman Bilinear Form (KBF) model. To address the limitations of linear parametric dependence in the KBF…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-05-22 Jiwoo Song , Daning Huang

Monin-Obukhov similarity theory (MOST) stands at the center of understanding of atmospheric surface-layer turbulence. Based on the hypothesis that a single length scale determined by surface fluxes governs the turbulent exchange of…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2023-04-05 Ivana Stiperski , Marc Calaf

The atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) plays a critical role in governing turbulent exchanges of momentum, heat moisture, and trace gases between the Earth's surface and the free atmosphere, thereby influencing meteorological phenomena, air…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2025-12-05 Haoran Xiong , Paytsar Muradyan , Christopher J. Geoga

The prediction of turbulent boundary layer (TBL) flow over a convex surface as in aircraft wings or gas turbine blades is a challenging problem. Finding a universal scaling law of turbulence statistics of TBLs over a wide range of adverse…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-12-12 Atsushi Sekimoto , Vassili Kitsios , Callum Atkinson , Julio Soria

It is a well established result of linear theory that the influence of differing mechanical boundary conditions, i.e., stress-free or no-slip, on the primary instability in rotating convection becomes asymptotically small in the limit of…

The atmospheric convective boundary layer (CBL) consists of three basic parts: (i) the surface layer unstably stratified and dominated by small-scale turbulence of very complex nature; (ii) the CBL core dominated by the energy-, momentum-…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-04-19 I. Rogachevskii , N. Kleeorin

This paper report on the design of an experiment to establish an experimental self-similar adverse pressure gradient (APG) turbulent boundary layer (TBL) flow at the verge of separation in order to characterise its statistical structure and…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-02-20 Muhammad Shehzad , Bihai Sun , Callum Atkinson , Julio Soria

The structure and intensity of turbulence in the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) drives fluxes of sediment, contaminants, heat, moisture and CO$_2$ at the Earth's surface. Where ABL flows encounter changes in roughness -- such as cities,…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2024-05-29 Justin P. Cooke , Douglas J. Jerolmack , George I. Park

In-depth analyses of existing direct numerical simulations (DNS) data from various sources supported a logical and important classification of generic turbulent boundary layers (TBL), namely Type-A, -B and -C TBL, based on distribution…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-04-19 Duo Wang , Heng Li , Ting Yu , Bochao Cao , Hongyi Xu

The universal velocity log law first proposed by von K\'arm\'an in the near-wall region of turbulent shear flows is one of the cornerstones of turbulence theory. When buoyancy effects are important, the universal velocity log law is…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-09-16 Yu Cheng , Andrey Grachev , Chiel van Heerwaarden

Systematic study of the existing statistical data from direct numerical simulations (DNS) lead to a logical and important classification of generic turbulent boundary layers (TBL), namely Type A,B and C TBL, based on the distribution…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-11-30 Hongyi Xu , Duo Wang , Heng Li , Bochao Cao