Published in Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences
In boundary layer meteorology, surface layer similarity theory plays a critical role in measuring and modeling biospheric fluxes. In stable boundary layer, surface layer similarity called z-less stratification has been one of main research topics for over than two decades and the issue has yet to be settled in micrometeorology. In this scientific d...
Published in Journal of Hydrodynamics
Turbulent open channel flows subjected to the control of a spanwise traveling wave have been investigated by means of Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS). The objective of this study is to reveal the response of the near-wall and surface-influenced turbulence to the spanwise traveling wave control. Three typical frequencies of the spanwise traveling ...
We applied a site evaluation approach combining Lagrangian Stochastic footprint modeling with a quality assessment approach for eddy-covariance data to 25 forested sites of the CarboEurope-IP network. The analysis addresses the spatial representativeness of the flux measurements, instrumental effects on data quality, spatial patterns in the data qu...
The present study focuses on the description of the vertical dispersion of trace gases within the Amazon rain forest. A Lagrangian approach is parameterised using in-canopy turbulence measurements made at a site in Rondônia (Reserva Jaru). In contrast to common scaling schemes that solely depend on friction parameters measured above the canopy, a c...
Published in Environmental Fluid Mechanics
The force of wind on the ground created by turbulent eddies is commonly used to describe the horizontal flux of material during wind erosion. Here we present the Murdoch Turbulence Probe, an instrument for use in both clean and eroding flows which uses pressure differences to measure the three components of wind velocity. Correlation techniques cal...
