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The cumulus-capped boundary layer. II: Interface fluxes

Grant, A. L. M. (2006) The cumulus-capped boundary layer. II: Interface fluxes. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 132 (618). pp. 1405-1422. ISSN 1477-870X

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Abstract/Summary

This paper considers the relationship between the mean temperature and humidity profiles and the fluxes of heat and moisture at cloud base and the base of the inversion in the cumulus-capped boundary layer. The relationships derived are based on an approximate form of the scalar-flux budget and the scaling properties of the turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) budget. The scalar-flux budget gives a relationship between the change in the virtual potential temperature across either the cloud base transition zone or the inversion and the flux at the base of the layer. The scaling properties of the TKE budget lead to a relationship between the heat and moisture fluxes and the mean subsaturation through the liquid-water flux. The 'jump relation' for the virtual potential temperature at cloud base shows the close connection between the cumulus mass flux in the cumulus-capped boundary layer and the entrainment velocity in the dry-convective boundary layer. Gravity waves are shown to be an important feature of the inversion.

Item Type:Article
Divisions:Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Meteorology
ID Code:5219
Uncontrolled Keywords:capping inversion cloud-base closure shallow cumulus PART I CONVECTION MODEL MASS PARAMETERIZATION ENERGY CLOUDS TRANSPORTS SCHEME OCEAN
Additional Information:Part A
Publisher:Royal Meteorological Society

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