THMT-18. Turbulence Heat and Mass Transfer 9 Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium On Turbulence Heat and Mass Transfer
DOI: 10.1615/THMT-18
ISBN Print: 978-1-56700-468-7
ISBN Online: 978-1-56700-467-0
ISSN Print: 2377-2816
Energetics of convective boundary layers
pages 589-591
DOI: 10.1615/THMT-18.610
RÉSUMÉ
Interpretation of how energy generates, distributes and dissipates has been a paradigm in understanding turbulent mixing in geophysical flows. Here we test the applicability of the available potential energy concept applied to the convective boundary layer. The focus of this work is to examine the possible relevance to characterizing turbulent mixing in weakly stratified flows through the energetics argument.