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Signatures of coherent flow structures in the atmospheric surface layer over Lake Geneva

Ulrich Lemmin
2020
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Reliable estimates of air-water exchange of momentum, heat, and gas are vital for understanding boundary layer dynamics and for developing accurate global and regional climate and weather forecasting models. Spatiotemporal variability of physical processes, below and above the water surface and at the interface, contribute to the uncertainty of these estimates. Air-side exchange processes are closely related to various phenomena in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer (ABL), which frequently manifest themselves as coherent structures in turbulent flow fields. The identification of such structures and their dynamics is essential for determining their role in the variability of air-water fluxes.

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Ulrich Lemmin
2020
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Abstract

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/296dd033-d60a-40e2-9a06-df1098caec41

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Boundary layer

In physics and fluid mechanics, a boundary layer is the thin layer of fluid in the immediate vicinity of a bounding surface formed by the fluid flowing along the surface. The fluid's interaction with the wall induces a no-slip boundary condition (zero velocity at the wall). The flow velocity then monotonically increases above the surface until it returns to the bulk flow velocity. The thin layer consisting of fluid whose velocity has not yet returned to the bulk flow velocity is called the velocity boundary layer.

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