Laboratory studies of the entrainment zone of a convectively mixed layer
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...This may result in entrainment of fluid from below and a reverse buoyancy flux at the base of the convective zone [Deardorff et al., 1980]....
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...According to Deardorff et al. (1980), the thickness of the entrainment zone, δ, can be estimated as δ/h = d1 + d2Ri−1∗ , (17) where Ri∗(= (g/T0)h)θ/w2∗) is the convective Richardson number, and d1 and d2 are constants....
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...For Ri values typical of the atmosphere Deardorff et al. (1980) found the dimensionless entrainment rate to vary as w Ae 5 , (3) w Ri* where we is the entrainment velocity and A is a parameter in the range 0.1 , A , 0.2....
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...This definition of the PBL height was introduced by Deardorff et al. (1980) and is often used in LES....
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...Comparison of entrainment rate vs Ri21 from current LES calculations and convection tank measurements (Deardorff et al. 1980)....
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...The thermally driven convection tank simulations of Deardorff et al. (1980), obtained at larger Reynolds number, are a closer analog to PBL turbulence....
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...6 and 7 are remarkably similar to the flow visualization pictures taken by Deardorff et al. (1980) in a convection tank using a dye tracer....
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