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Statistical-mechanical approach to study the hydrodynamic stability of the stably stratified atmospheric boundary layer

G. Nevo

N. Vercauteren and A. Kaiser

B. Dubrulle

D. Faranda*

  • SPEC, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA Saclay 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France and ICFP, Physics Department, École Normale Supérieure, PSL Research University, 24, rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris

  • FB Mathematik und Informatik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 6, 14195 Berlin, Germany

  • SPEC, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA Saclay 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France

  • LSCE-IPSL, CEA Saclay l'Orme des Merisiers, CNRS UMR 8212 CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France

  • *davide.faranda@cea.fr
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Phys. Rev. Fluids 2, 084603 – Published 9 August, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.2.084603

Abstract

We study the hydrodynamic equilibrium properties of the stably stratified atmospheric boundary layer from measurements obtained in the Snow-Horizontal Array Turbulence Study campaign at the Plaine Morte Glacier in the Swiss Alps. Our approach is based on a combination of dynamical systems techniques and statistical analysis. The main idea is to measure the deviations from the behavior expected by a turbulent observable when it is close to a transition between different metastable states. We first assess the performance of our method on the Lorenz attractor, then on a turbulent flow. The results show that the method recognizes subtle differences among different stable boundary layer turbulence regimes and may be used to help characterize their transitions.

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Phys. Rev. Fluids 2, 084603– Published 9 August, 2017
  • Received 9 December 2016

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