Influence of atmospheric stratification on the integral scale and fractal dimension of turbulent flows

Tijera, Manuel; Maqueda, Gregorio; Yagüe, Carlos

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-23-407-2016

Articles | Volume 23, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-23-407-2016

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Complex environmental and geophysical turbulence

https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-23-407-2016

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Articles | Volume 23, issue 6

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14 Nov 2016

Research article |

| 14 Nov 2016

Influence of atmospheric stratification on the integral scale and fractal dimension of turbulent flows

Manuel Tijera, Gregorio Maqueda, and Carlos Yagüe

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RC1: 'Report for Nonlin. Processes Geophys. (Manuscript npg-2015-77)', Anonymous Referee #1, 11 Apr 2016
- AC1: 'Response referee 1', Manuel Tijera, 04 Aug 2016
- AC3: 'Response referee 1', Manuel Tijera, 04 Aug 2016
- AC5: 'revised manuscript', Manuel Tijera, 05 Aug 2016
RC2: 'Report', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Apr 2016
- AC2: 'Response referee 2', Manuel Tijera, 04 Aug 2016
- AC4: 'Response referee 2', Manuel Tijera, 04 Aug 2016

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AR by Manuel Tijera on behalf of the Authors (08 Sep 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (19 Sep 2016) by julia rees

AR by Manuel Tijera on behalf of the Authors (27 Sep 2016)

Short summary

This work investigates the possible correlations between the integral scale of the turbulent stratified flows in the atmospheric boundary layer and parameters characterizing topological features of the wind velocity field, such as fractal dimension and its stability properties, studied through the bulk Richardson number. Fractal dimension and the integral scale of the horizontal (u') and vertical (w') velocity fluctuations have been calculated using the mean wind direction as a framework.