Mathematics
Scientific paper
Dec 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991sphr.reptr....h&link_type=abstract
Semiannual Status Report, 1 Jul. - 31 Dec. 1991 Space Physics Research Inst., Sunnyvale, CA.
Mathematics
Atmospheric Models, Coriolis Effect, Diurnal Variations, Equators, Planetary Atmospheres, Planetary Boundary Layer, Turbulence, Wind Direction, Wind Shear, Wind Velocity, Diffusivity, Equinoxes, Free Convection, Functions (Mathematics), Parameterization, Richardson Number, Simulation, Static Stability
Scientific paper
A free convection parameterization has been introduced into the Mars Planetary Boundary Layer Model (MPBL). Previously, the model would fail to generate turbulence under conditions of zero wind shear, even when statically unstable. This in turn resulted in erroneous results at the equator, for example, when the lack of Coriolis forcing allowed zero wind conditions. The underlying cause of these failures was the level 2 second-order turbulence closure scheme which derived diffusivities as algebraic functions of the Richardson number (the ratio of static stability to wind shear). In the previous formulation, the diffusivities were scaled by the wind shear--a convenient parameter since it is non-negative. This was the drawback that all diffusivities are zero under conditions of zero shear (viz., the free convection case). The new scheme tests for the condition of zero shear in conjunction with static instability and recalculates the diffusivities using a static stability scaling. The results for a simulation of the equatorial boundary layer at autumnal equinox are presented. (Note that after some wind shear is generated, the model reverts to the traditional diffusivity calculation.)
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