Aug 3, 2006
Abstract
Boundary-layer flow over very rough surfaces is poorly understood so the applicability of standard micrometeorological theory is uncertain. This study presents observations of the turbulent fluctuations of meteorological parameters over a suburban area. Even though the height of measurement is considered to be close to the junction between the inertial and roughness sub-layers, the wind and temperature spectra and the momentum and sensible heat flux cospectra are in ...
Aug 3, 2006
Roth, M. and T.R. Oke, 1993: "Turbulent transfer relationships over a suburban surface. Part I: Spectral characteristics", Quarterly Journal Royal Meteorological Society, 119, 1071-1104.
Aug 3, 2006
Abstract
This study uses observational data from a suburban site in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to investigate the relative facility with which heat, water vapor, and momentum are transported by turbulence in the unstable surface layer. The ratios of linear correlation coefficients −rwT/ruw and −rwq/ruw increase approximately linearly with instability and are generally smaller than typical rural values due to bluff-body effects. The ratio rwT/rwq is greatest near neutral ...
