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Flow Regimes of Mesoscale Circulations Forced by Inhomogeneous Surface Heating

M. Alamgir Hossain·Jahrul M Alam
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Urbanization is one of the extreme process that increases uncertainty in future climate projections. Flow regimes of mesoscale circulations associated with surface heating due to urbanization have been investigated using a wavelet based computational fluid dynamics~(CFD) model. The results of our numerical model have been validated against that of a laboratory model, as well as reference numerical simulations. Characteristics of urban induced circulations have been studied for surface heat flux perturbation ($H_0$) between $28.93$Wm$^{-2}$ and $925.92$Wm$^{-2}$, and the results have been analyzed against available boundary layer measurements under similar physical conditions. Our primary study shows that urban/rural heat flux anomalies introduce strong oscillations in the convective boundary layer (CBL), and transfers a fraction of the turbulent kinetic energy vertically through internal waves. Such results complement previous investigators' hypothesis that temporal oscillations in urban-induced mesoscale circulations are primarily due to a downscale energy cascade. Although a further detailed study is necessary, the present numerical observations provide useful feedback for the impacts of urbanization on regional climate.

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M. Alamgir Hossain, Jahrul M Alam. 2016-11-27. Flow Regimes of Mesoscale Circulations Forced by Inhomogeneous Surface Heating. https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.08912

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