Laboratory Experiments of Entrainment in Dry Convective Boundary Layers

Authors

Harm J.J. Jonker, Delft University of TechnologyFollow
Thijs Heus, Delft University of TechnologyFollow
Esther Hagen, Delft University of Technology
Han Van Dop, Utrecht University

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

12-1-2004

Publication Title

16th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence

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.

Repository Citation

Jonker, Harm J.J.; Heus, Thijs; Hagen, Esther; and Van Dop, Han, "Laboratory Experiments of Entrainment in Dry Convective Boundary Layers" (2004). Physics Faculty Publications. 420.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/sciphysics_facpub/420

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