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Tracer distributions of line advected thermals

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A Light Attenuation system is employed to study the behaviour of strongly advected buoyant jets, focusing in particular on line advected thermals. A double-Gaussian approximation is employed to characterize the cross-sectional form of the tracer distributions. The new data highlights distinct differences in the form of line advected thermals, when compared to advected line momentum puffs. Thermals have a wider peak separation and a relatively large cross-sectional distortion that decays as the flow becomes fully established. It is therefore possible to improve predictions of mean minimum dilution, spread and flow path through separate parameterization of these strongly-advected flows. However, there are notable inconsistencies in recently obtained trajectory data, which require further investigation before such improvements can be made.

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  1. Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand

    E. Scheepbouwer, M. J. Davidson & R. I. Nokes

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Scheepbouwer, E., Davidson, M.J. & Nokes, R.I. Tracer distributions of line advected thermals. Environ Fluid Mech 8, 561–568 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10652-008-9100-9

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