A Kolmogorov-Brutsaert structure function model for evaporation into a turbulent atmosphere
Abstract
Abstract In 1965, Brutsaert proposed a model that predicted mean evaporation rate from rough surfaces to scale with the 3/4 power law of the friction velocity ( ) and the square‐root of molecular diffusivity ( D m ) for water vapor. In arriving at these results, a number of assumptions were made regarding the surface renewal rate describing the contact durations between eddies and the evaporating surface, the diffusional mass process from the surface into eddies, and the cascade of turbulent kinetic energy sustaining the eddy renewal process itself. The working hypothesis explored here is that is a direct outcome of the Kolmogorov scaling for inertial subrange eddies modified to include viscous cutoff thereby bypassing the need for a surface renewal assumption. It is demonstrated that Brutsaert's model for may be more general than its original derivation implied.
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[1];
[2]
- Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States)
- Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1466034
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1402402
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0006967; SC0011461; DE‐SC0006967; DE‐SC0011461; NSF‐AGS‐1112938
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Water Resources Research
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 53; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 0043-1397
- Publisher:
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; evaporation; turbulent atmosphere; surface renewal; Kolmogorov; structure function
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Katul, Gabriel, and Liu, Heping. A Kolmogorov-Brutsaert structure function model for evaporation into a turbulent atmosphere. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1002/2016WR020006.
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title = {A Kolmogorov-Brutsaert structure function model for evaporation into a turbulent atmosphere},
author = {Katul, Gabriel and Liu, Heping},
abstractNote = {Abstract In 1965, Brutsaert proposed a model that predicted mean evaporation rate from rough surfaces to scale with the 3/4 power law of the friction velocity ( ) and the square‐root of molecular diffusivity ( D m ) for water vapor. In arriving at these results, a number of assumptions were made regarding the surface renewal rate describing the contact durations between eddies and the evaporating surface, the diffusional mass process from the surface into eddies, and the cascade of turbulent kinetic energy sustaining the eddy renewal process itself. The working hypothesis explored here is that is a direct outcome of the Kolmogorov scaling for inertial subrange eddies modified to include viscous cutoff thereby bypassing the need for a surface renewal assumption. It is demonstrated that Brutsaert's model for may be more general than its original derivation implied.},
doi = {10.1002/2016WR020006},
journal = {Water Resources Research},
number = 5,
volume = 53,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 11 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Tue Apr 11 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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