Multifractal characteristics of intermittent turbulence in the urban canopy layer
Date:2015-01-16
The multifractality of energy and thermal dissipation of fully developed intermittent turbulence in the urban canopy layer is investigated by the singularity spectrum. An ultrasonic anemometer with a high sampling frequency of 100 Hz was used to obtain high-order moment properties. The authors found that the singular exponents of energy and thermal dissipation rates are most frequently encountered at around 0.2, which is significantly smaller than those for a wind tunnel at a moderate Reynolds number. The evidence indicates a higher intermittency of turbulence at a high Reynolds number. Furthermore, the temperature field is more intermittent than the velocity field.
The singularity spectrum curve of the energy dissipation rate ε and thermal dissipation rate χ.
Citation: Xu, J.-J., and F. Hu, 2015: Multifractal characteristics of intermittent turbulence in the urban canopy layer. Atmos. Oceanic Sci. Lett., 8, 000–000, doi:10.3878/AOSL20140080.
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