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contributor authorWilson, John D.
contributor authorFlesch, Thomas K.
contributor authord'Amours, Real
date accessioned2017-06-09T14:08:00Z
date available2017-06-09T14:08:00Z
date copyright2001/08/01
date issued2001
identifier issn0894-8763
identifier otherams-13030.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4148436
description abstractWhen a particle descends beneath the (nominal) lower boundary of the atmosphere, it may remain there for some time τ before it reemerges into the (resolved) flow. In particle trajectory models, τ is the random duration of unresolved trajectory segments, below the height zr at which an artificial reflection boundary condition is applied. By computing such paths, for realistic near-ground flows, it was found that the mean delay per reflection is τ ≈ 2.5zr/σw where σw is the standard deviation of the vertical velocity at zr. The corresponding mean alongwind displacement per reflection, due to the mean horizontal wind u(z) below zr, is δ ≈ ?u?|?zr? τ, where ?u?|?zr? is the height average of u in the waiting layer. The fluctuating component of the horizontal wind causes no mean drift but upon each reflection contributes a random drift whose root-mean-square value is σδ ≈ 2zr. From simulations on the continental scale, with a lower boundary placed at zr ≈ 25 m, it was found that a typical particle suffered about 15 reflections per day, resulting in a net delay on the order of 30 min per day.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleSurface Delays for Gases Dispersing in the Atmosphere
typeJournal Paper
journal volume40
journal issue8
journal titleJournal of Applied Meteorology
identifier doi10.1175/1520-0450(2001)040<1422:SDFGDI>2.0.CO;2
journal fristpage1422
journal lastpage1430
treeJournal of Applied Meteorology:;2001:;volume( 040 ):;issue: 008
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