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Spectral scaling of static pressure fluctuations in the atmospheric surface layer: The interaction between large and small scales

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Albertson, JD; Katul, GG; Parlange, MB; Eichinger, WE
Published in: Physics of Fluids
January 1, 1998

Static pressure fluctuations measured in the atmospheric surface layer over a grass covered forest clearing are studied in the context of Townsend's 1961 hypothesis regarding the effect of the outer region on the inner region. It is shown that large-scale pressure features are actively straining the inertial-scale pressure fluctuations, thus invalidating the direct extension of Kolmogorov's 1941 hypothesis to the spectral scaling of pressure within the inertial subrange. A parameter describing the large scale pressure fluctuations is added to the set of variables responsible for inertial-range pressure differences and dimensional analysis is employed to derive an improved scaling law for pressure spectra which more closely matches these and previous experimental results. An examination of the Poisson equation for pressure is conducted and found to support the dimensional and experimental results. © 1998 American Institute of Physics.

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Physics of Fluids

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1070-6631

Publication Date

January 1, 1998

Volume

10

Issue

7

Start / End Page

1725 / 1732

Related Subject Headings

  • Fluids & Plasmas
  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 49 Mathematical sciences
  • 40 Engineering
  • 09 Engineering
  • 02 Physical Sciences
  • 01 Mathematical Sciences
 

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Albertson, J. D., Katul, G. G., Parlange, M. B., & Eichinger, W. E. (1998). Spectral scaling of static pressure fluctuations in the atmospheric surface layer: The interaction between large and small scales. Physics of Fluids, 10(7), 1725–1732. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.869689
Albertson, J. D., G. G. Katul, M. B. Parlange, and W. E. Eichinger. “Spectral scaling of static pressure fluctuations in the atmospheric surface layer: The interaction between large and small scales.” Physics of Fluids 10, no. 7 (January 1, 1998): 1725–32. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.869689.
Albertson JD, Katul GG, Parlange MB, Eichinger WE. Spectral scaling of static pressure fluctuations in the atmospheric surface layer: The interaction between large and small scales. Physics of Fluids. 1998 Jan 1;10(7):1725–32.
Albertson, J. D., et al. “Spectral scaling of static pressure fluctuations in the atmospheric surface layer: The interaction between large and small scales.” Physics of Fluids, vol. 10, no. 7, Jan. 1998, pp. 1725–32. Scopus, doi:10.1063/1.869689.
Albertson JD, Katul GG, Parlange MB, Eichinger WE. Spectral scaling of static pressure fluctuations in the atmospheric surface layer: The interaction between large and small scales. Physics of Fluids. 1998 Jan 1;10(7):1725–1732.

Published In

Physics of Fluids

DOI

ISSN

1070-6631

Publication Date

January 1, 1998

Volume

10

Issue

7

Start / End Page

1725 / 1732

Related Subject Headings

  • Fluids & Plasmas
  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 49 Mathematical sciences
  • 40 Engineering
  • 09 Engineering
  • 02 Physical Sciences
  • 01 Mathematical Sciences