Parameterization Sensitivity and Instability Characteristics of the Maximum Sustainable Heat Flux Framework for Predicting Turbulent Collapse

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dc.contributor.authorHoldsworth, Amber M.
dc.contributor.authorRees, Tim
dc.contributor.authorMonahan, Adam H.
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-26T12:13:46Z
dc.date.available2019-09-26T12:13:46Z
dc.date.copyright2016en_US
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractAmaximum sustainable heat flux (MSHF) framework for the collapse of turbulence in the stable boundary layer has been previously studied using a one-dimensional model of Couette flow with parameterized turbulent fluxes. This study further investigates the stability properties of this model and assesses the robustness of the MSHF framework for predicting turbulent collapse to the choice of turbulence parameterization. The dynamic stability properties of the system are studied through numerical analysis of linearized equations of motion, and these results are compared with numerical solutions of the fully nonlinear system. While the MSHF mechanism and the qualitative features of the equilibrium structure are robust to changes in turbulence parameterizations, important quantitative differences between the models are found. While the equilibrium structures for Businger–Dyer-type stability functions are independent of the roughness length z0, all of the other relations show a strong dependence on z0 with regard to their shapes and the value of the MSHF.Equilibrium curves for some of the parameterizations exhibit multiple extrema, and transitions between stable and unstable regimes occur at extrema of the equilibrium curves in parameter space. Along the unstable branch(es), the Couette flow model has only a single unstable mode for all turbulence parameterizations considered. TheMSHFframework is qualitatively robust to the choice of parameterization, but its use to predict the collapse of turbulence in the SBL is quantitatively sensitive to the turbulence scheme, especially for small values of z0.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors acknowledge support by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). This research was enabled in part by support provided by WestGrid (www.westgrid.ca) and Compute Canada/Calcul Canada (www.computecanada.ca).en_US
dc.identifier.citationHoldsworth, A.M., Rees, T. & Monahan, A. (2016). Parameterization Sensitivity and Instability Characteristics of the Maximum Sustainable Heat Flux Framework for Predicting Turbulent Collapse. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 73(9), 3527- 3540. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-16-0057.1en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-16-0057.1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/11189
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of the Atmospheric Sciencesen_US
dc.subjectCirculation/ Dynamics
dc.subjectDynamics
dc.subjectAtm/Ocean Structure/ Phenomena
dc.subjectBoundary layer
dc.subjectPhysical Meteorology and Climatology
dc.subjectStability
dc.subjectSurface fluxes
dc.subjectModels and modeling
dc.subjectNonlinear models
dc.subjectNumerical analysis/modeling
dc.subject.departmentSchool of Earth and Ocean Sciences
dc.titleParameterization Sensitivity and Instability Characteristics of the Maximum Sustainable Heat Flux Framework for Predicting Turbulent Collapseen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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