Affiliation:
1. Deptamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil
Abstract
AbstractTurbulent wind data measured by sonic anemometers installed at various heights on a 140-m-tall micrometeorological tower located at a coastal site are used to obtain vertical profiles of the velocity standard deviations σi, Lagrangian decorrelation local time scales TLi, and eddy diffusivities Kα for distinct stability conditions. The novelty of the study lies in the use of turbulent data directly measured over the extension of the atmospheric surface layer at a coastal site for that purpose. Furthermore, the approach employs the Hilbert–Huang transform to determine the wind energy spectral peak frequencies. These are applied to the asymptotic spectral equation from Taylor statistical diffusion theory to obtain the turbulent dispersion parameters, which are shown to generally agree well with those provided by a classical autocorrelation approach. For neutral and stable situations the vertical profiles of momentum eddy diffusivities agree well with those derived from the spectral and autocorrelation method. Additionally, the turbulent integral time scales and eddy diffusivities determined by the method at a coastal location are found to overestimate those predicted from analytical expressions based on continental field observations. The turbulence parameters found are suitable to be employed in air pollution dispersion models.
Funder
Linhares Geração SA
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Publisher
American Meteorological Society
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