Buoyancy statistics in moist turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection

DOI10.1017/S0022112010000030zbMATH Open1189.76285arXiv0912.5195MaRDI QIDQ3573253FDOQ3573253

Authors: Jörg Schumacher, Olivier M. Pauluis 

Publication date: 30 June 2010

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study shallow moist Rayleigh-Benard convection in the Boussinesq approximation in three-dimensional direct numerical simulations. The thermodynamics of phase changes is approximated by a piecewise linear equation of state close to the phase boundary. The impact of phase changes on the turbulent fluctuations and the transfer of buoyancy through the layer is discussed as a function of the Rayleigh number and the ability to form liquid water. The enhanced buoyancy flux due to phase changes is compared with dry convection reference cases and related to the cloud cover in the convection layer. This study indicates that the moist Rayleigh-Benard problem offers a practical framework for the development and evaluation of parametrizations for atmospheric convection.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0912.5195

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical turbulence modeling (76F55) Convective turbulence (76F35)

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