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- Title
Radiative Processes in the Stable Boundary Layer: Part I. Radiative Aspects.
- Authors
Edwards, J.
- Abstract
The structure of the radiatively dominated stable boundary layer is analysed using idealized calculations at high vertical and spectral resolution. The temperature profile of a nocturnal radiative boundary layer, developing after the evening transition, is found to be well described in terms of radiative cooling to the surface, although radiative exchanges within the atmosphere become increasingly important with time. The treatment of non-black surfaces is discussed in some detail and it is shown that the effect of reducing the surface emissivity is to decrease rather than to increase the radiative cooling rate in the surface layer. It is also argued that an accurate assessment of the impact of non-black surfaces requires careful attention to the spectral and directional characteristics of the surface emissivity. A polar nocturnal boundary layer, developing above snow-covered ground, is simulated and found to reach a slowly evolving state characterized by a strong radiative divergence near the surface that is comparable to observed values. Radiative boundary layers are characterized by large temperature gradients near the surface.
- Subjects
ATMOSPHERIC boundary layer; FLUID dynamics; EMISSIVITY; POLAR bear; COOLING; AERODYNAMICS; NOCTURNAL emissions; METEOROLOGICAL precipitation; SPECTRAL energy distribution
- Publication
Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2009, Vol 131, Issue 2, p105
- ISSN
0006-8314
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10546-009-9364-8