Turbulent flux events in a nearly neutral atmospheric boundary layer
@article{Narasimha2007TurbulentFE, title={Turbulent flux events in a nearly neutral atmospheric boundary layer}, author={R. Narasimha and S. Rudra Kumar and A. Prabhu and S V Kailas}, journal={Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences}, year={2007}, volume={365}, pages={841 - 858} }
We propose here a novel method of analysing turbulent momentum flux signals. The data for the analysis come from a nearly neutral atmospheric boundary layer and are taken at a height of 4 m above ground corresponding to 1.1×105 wall units, within the log layer for the mean velocity. The method of analysis involves examining the instantaneous flux profiles that exceed a given threshold, for which an optimum value is found to be 1 s.d. of the flux signal. It is found feasible to identify…
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