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  Statistical analysis of the organized turbulence structure in the inertial and roughness sublayers over real urban area by building-resolved large-eddy simulation

Yao, L., Liu, C.-H., Mo, Z., Cheng, W.-C., Brasseur, G. P., & Chao, C. Y. H. (2022). Statistical analysis of the organized turbulence structure in the inertial and roughness sublayers over real urban area by building-resolved large-eddy simulation. Building and Environment, 207(Part B): 108464. doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108464.

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Yao, L., Author
Liu, C.-H., Author
Mo, Z., Author
Cheng, W.-C., Author
Brasseur, Guy P.1, Author                 
Chao, C. Y. H., Author
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1Environmental Modelling, MPI for Meteorology, Max Planck Society, ou_2149681              

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Free keywords: Atmospheric boundary layer; Atmospheric structure; Atmospheric thermodynamics; Momentum; Morphology; Turbulence; Urban transportation; Wind; Wind tunnels, Atmospheric flows; Conditional sampling; Inertial sublayer; Large-eddy simulations; Quadrant analysis; Real urban morphology; Roughness sublayer and quadrant analyse; Roughness sublayers; Sub-layers; Urban morphology, Large eddy simulation
 Abstract: Dynamics and organized turbulence structure in the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) over a real urban area, Mong Kok neighborhood in Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong, is investigated using the large-eddy simulation (LES) to enrich the transport mechanism. The urban morphology is explicitly resolved and the LES results are validated by wind tunnel measurements. Wind speed lt;u‾gt;/U∞ profiles manifest the inflections and zero-plane displacement d for 2 to 3 times the average building height Have, signifying higher blockage (stronger shear) than idealized geometries. The enhanced mixing induced by real urban morphology leads to faster, more uniform flows in the roughness sublayer (RSL) than those extrapolated from the inertial sublayer (ISL) by the conventional logarithmic law-of-the-wall (log-law). Higher-order moments signify that RSLs and ISLs feature, respectively, tiny, accelerating, spurlike downdraft (skewness Su gt; 0 and Sw lt; 0) and frequent, decelerating, bulky updraft (Su lt; 0 and Sw gt; 0). Besides, quadrant analysis shows that RSL ejection Q2 (u" lt; 0 and w" gt; 0) occurs more frequently (but contributes less to momentum flux lt;u"w"gt;) than does sweep Q4 (u" gt; 0 and w" lt; 0). Conditional sampling further demonstrates that RSL (ISL) consists of majority large-scale Q4 (Q2) and small-scale Q2 (Q4). Comparing both the occurrence Ti,η of and contribution Si,η from Q2 and Q4 contrasts their roles in the transport process. The motion scale η (around 4 times of the average momentum flux) differentiates the dominance between Q2 and Q4 over a real, dense city, improving the fundamental understanding. (250 words) © 2021 Elsevier Ltd

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2021-102022-012022-01
 Publication Status: Issued
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 Rev. Type: Peer
 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108464
BibTex Citekey: YaoLiuEtAl2022
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Title: Building and Environment
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 207 (Part B) Sequence Number: 108464 Start / End Page: - Identifier: ISSN: 03601323