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Revisiting a Drag Partition Model For Canopy-Like Roughness Elements

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Buono, E; Katul, GG; Vettori, D; Poggi, D; Manes, C
Published in: Boundary-Layer Meteorology
November 1, 2024

Turbulent flows over a large surface area (S) covered by n obstacles experience an overall drag due to the presence of the ground and the protruding obstacles into the flow. The drag partition between the roughness obstacles and the ground is analyzed using an analytical model proposed by Raupach (Boundary-Layer Meteorol 60:375-395, 1992) and is hereafter referred to as R92. The R92 is based on the premise that the wake behind an isolated roughness element can be described by a shelter area A and a shelter volume V. The individual sizes of A and V without any interference from other obstacles can be determined from scaling analysis for the spread of wakes. To upscale from an individual roughness element to n/S elements where wakes may interact, R92 adopted a background stress re-normalizing instead of reducing A or V with each element addition. This work demonstrates that R92’s approach results in a linear background stress reduction in A and V only when the ratio of n/S is small, due to a low probability of wake interactions. This probabilistic nature suggests that up-scaling from individual to multiple roughness elements can be re-formulated using stochastic averaging methods proposed here. The two approaches are shown to recover R92 under plausible conditions. An alternative scaling for the shelter volume is also proposed here using thermodynamic arguments of work and dissipation though the final outcome remains similar to R92. Comparisons between R92 and available data spanning more than two decades after R92 on blocks and vegetation-like roughness elements confirm the practical utility of R92. The agreement between R92 and this updated databases of experiments and simulations confirm the potential use of R92 in large-scale models provided that the relevant parameters accommodate certain features of the roughness element type (cube versus vegetation-like) and, to a lesser extent, their configuration throughout S. Last, a comparison between R92 and models based on first-order closure principles with constant mixing length suggests that R92 can outperform such models when evaluated across a wide range of roughness densities.

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Boundary-Layer Meteorology

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1573-1472

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0006-8314

Publication Date

November 1, 2024

Volume

190

Issue

11

Related Subject Headings

  • Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
  • 3701 Atmospheric sciences
  • 0401 Atmospheric Sciences
 

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Buono, E., Katul, G. G., Vettori, D., Poggi, D., & Manes, C. (2024). Revisiting a Drag Partition Model For Canopy-Like Roughness Elements. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 190(11). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-024-00885-7
Buono, E., G. G. Katul, D. Vettori, D. Poggi, and C. Manes. “Revisiting a Drag Partition Model For Canopy-Like Roughness Elements.” Boundary-Layer Meteorology 190, no. 11 (November 1, 2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-024-00885-7.
Buono E, Katul GG, Vettori D, Poggi D, Manes C. Revisiting a Drag Partition Model For Canopy-Like Roughness Elements. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 2024 Nov 1;190(11).
Buono, E., et al. “Revisiting a Drag Partition Model For Canopy-Like Roughness Elements.” Boundary-Layer Meteorology, vol. 190, no. 11, Nov. 2024. Scopus, doi:10.1007/s10546-024-00885-7.
Buono E, Katul GG, Vettori D, Poggi D, Manes C. Revisiting a Drag Partition Model For Canopy-Like Roughness Elements. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 2024 Nov 1;190(11).
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Published In

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

DOI

EISSN

1573-1472

ISSN

0006-8314

Publication Date

November 1, 2024

Volume

190

Issue

11

Related Subject Headings

  • Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
  • 3701 Atmospheric sciences
  • 0401 Atmospheric Sciences