Large-eddy simulation of the atmospheric boundary layer

R Stoll, JA Gibbs, ST Salesky, W Anderson… - Boundary-Layer …, 2020 - Springer
Over the last 50 years the large-eddy simulation (LES) technique has developed into one of
the most prominent numerical tools used to study transport processes in the atmospheric …

[HTML][HTML] Energy balance closure at FLUXNET sites revisited

M Mauder, M Jung, P Stoy, J Nelson… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2024 - Elsevier
The FLUXNET network with numerous eddy covariance stations distributed worldwide is an
important backbone for the study of ecosystem-atmosphere interactions. In order to provide …

The heat-flux imbalance: the role of advection and dispersive fluxes on heat transport over thermally heterogeneous terrain

T Morrison, ER Pardyjak, M Mauder, M Calaf - Boundary-Layer …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Data from the Idealized Planar-Array experiment for Quantifying Spatial
heterogeneity are used to perform a control volume analysis (400× 400× 2 m 3) on the total …

Turbulent mechanisms for the deep convective boundary layer in the Taklimakan Desert

L Zhang, H Zhang, Q Li, W Wei, X Cai… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The deep convective boundary layer (CBL) in the Taklimakan Desert plays an important role
in the climate system in East Asia. Based on the observation experiment and large‐eddy …

Viewing convection as a solar farm phenomenon broadens modern power predictions for solar photovoltaics

SE Smith, BJ Stanislawski, BK Eng, N Ali… - Journal of Renewable …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Heat mitigation for large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays is crucial to extend lifetime and
energy harvesting capacity. PV module temperature is dependent on site-specific farm …

The atmospheric boundary layer above the marginal ice zone: scaling, surface fluxes, and secondary circulations

J Fogarty, E Bou-Zeid - Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2023 - Springer
The Arctic is undergoing rapid changes due to global warming, including the expansion of
the marginal ice zone (MIZ), a zone of mixed ice and open water surfaces. To predict the …

Potential of module arrangements to enhance convective cooling in solar photovoltaic arrays

B Stanislawski, F Margairaz, RB Cal, M Calaf - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
When solar photovoltaic (PV) module temperatures rise during operation, commonly-
installed modules experience an efficiency loss between 0.1 and 0.5% per degree above …

Unstable turbulent channel flow response to spanwise-heterogeneous heat fluxes: Prandtl's secondary flow of the third kind

ST Salesky, M Calaf, W Anderson - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - cambridge.org
Turbulent secondary flows are defined as Prandtl's secondary flow of the first or second kind,
the former produced by stretching and/or tilting of vorticity, the latter produced via spatial …

Incorporating the effect of heterogeneous surface heating into a semi-empirical model of the surface energy balance closure

L Wanner, M Calaf, M Mauder - PLoS One, 2022 - journals.plos.org
It was discovered several decades ago that eddy covariance measurements systematically
underestimate sensible and latent heat fluxes, creating an imbalance in the surface energy …

Secondary flows induced by two-dimensional surface temperature heterogeneity in stably stratified channel flow

T Bon, D Broos, RB Cal, J Meyers - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - cambridge.org
The structure and impact of thermally induced secondary motions in stably stratified channel
flows with two-dimensional surface temperature inhomogeneities is studied using direct …