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Surface Fluxes

This module provides a means to compute surface fluxes given several variables, described in surface_conditions.

Interface

  • surface_conditions computes
    • Monin-Obukhov length
    • Potential temperature flux (if not given) using Monin-Obukhov theory
    • transport fluxes using Monin-Obukhov theory
    • friction velocity/temperature scale/tracer scales
    • exchange coefficients

References

  • Businger, Joost A., et al. "Flux-profile relationships in the atmospheric surface layer." Journal of the atmospheric Sciences 28.2 (1971): 181-189.

  • Nishizawa, S., and Y. Kitamura. "A Surface Flux Scheme Based on the Monin-Obukhov Similarity for Finite Volume Models." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 10.12 (2018): 3159-3175.

  • Businger, Joost A., et al. "Flux-profile relationships in the atmospheric surface layer." Journal of the atmospheric Sciences 28.2 (1971): 181-189. doi: 10.1175/1520-0469(1971)028<0181:FPRITA>2.0.CO;2

  • Byun, Daewon W. "On the analytical solutions of flux-profile relationships for the atmospheric surface layer." Journal of Applied Meteorology 29.7 (1990): 652-657.

  • Wyngaard, John C. "Modeling the planetary boundary layer-Extension to the stable case." Boundary-Layer Meteorology 9.4 (1975): 441-460.