Laboratory Experiments of Entrainment in Dry Convective Boundary Layers

Harm J.J. Jonker, Thijs Heus, Esther Hagen, Han Van Dop

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Abstract

Entrainment in dry convective boundary layers was studied. A saline convection tank set-up was used as a laboratory model for a dry convective atmospheric boundary layer. The entrainment flux was measured using planar laser induced fluorescence (PLIF). It was found that the entrainment flux reveals a much stronger dependence on the inversion strength than large eddy simulations tend to do.

Original languageAmerican English
Journal16th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence
StatePublished - Dec 1 2004
Externally publishedYes

Disciplines

  • Physics

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