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‘Application of a New Spectral Theory of Stably Stratified Turbulence to the Atmospheric Boundary Layer over Sea Ice’

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A new spectral closure model of stably stratified turbulence is used to develop a K–ε model suitable for applications to the atmospheric boundary layer. This K–ε model utilizes vertical viscosity and diffusivity obtained from the spectral theory. In the ε equation, the Coriolis parameter-dependent formulation of the coefficient C 1 suggested by Detering and Etling is generalized to include the dependence on the Brunt-Väisälä frequency, N. The new K–ε model is tested in simulations of the ABL over sea ice and compared with observations from BASE as simulated in large-eddy simulations by Kosovic and Curry, and observations from SHEBA.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering/Perlstone Center for Aeronautical Engineering Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel

    Semion Sukoriansky

  2. College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida, 33701, U.S.A

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  3. Department of Research and Development, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, SE-601 76, Norrköping, Sweden

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Sukoriansky, S., Galperin, B. & Perov, V. ‘Application of a New Spectral Theory of Stably Stratified Turbulence to the Atmospheric Boundary Layer over Sea Ice’. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 117, 231–257 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-004-6848-4

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