Publications [#282956] of John D. Albertson

Papers Published

1. KATUL, GG; CHU, CR; PARLANGE, MB; ALBERTSON, JD; ORTENBURGER, TA, LOW-WAVE-NUMBER SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS OF VELOCITY AND TEMPERATURE IN THE ATMOSPHERIC SURFACE-LAYER, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, vol. 100 no. D7 (July, 1995), pp. 14243-14255, ISSN 2169-897X [Gateway.cgi], [doi]
   (last updated on 2023/08/08)

   Abstract:
   The structure of atmospheric surface layer turbulence at low wavenumbers was analyzed using 56 Hz triaxial velocity and temperature measurements above a uniform dry lake bed. A key feature of this experiment was the small roughness length of the surface that resulted in a small roughness Reynolds number. Under near-neutral atmospheric stability conditions, a -1 power law was observed in both measured velocity and temperature spectra. The wavenumber at which the -1 power law terminates and the -5/3 power law commences was derived as a function of the Kolmogorov and von Karman constants. Good agreement between the predicted and the measured transition wavenumber from -1 to -5/3 was noted for fully rough-flow conditions. -from Authors