Résumé
On établit ici une formulation du flux de chaleur ascendant dans le cas courant ou l'on dispose des fluctuations de température, tandis que les fluctuations du mouvement vertical ne sont pas disponibles ou sont de qualité inadéquate. On obtient également une relation qui permet de déduire la structure verticale du flux de chaleur à partir de la stabilité. Ce développement utilise les données de l'expérience ‘Air Mass Transformation Experiment’ et plusieurs études existant dans la littérature.
Abstract
A formulation for the magnitude of the upward heat flux is developed for the common situation where information on temperature fluctuations is available but measurement of vertical motion fluctuations are unavailable or of inadequate quality. A relationship is also developed which allows inference of the vertical structure of the heat flux from the stability. This development uses data from the Air Mass Transformation Experiment and a number of existing studies in the literature.
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Mahrt, L., Paumier, J. Simple formulation of heat flux in the unstable atmospheric boundary layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 33, 61–75 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00137036
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