Systems and methods for determining turbulence and turbulent mixing in the free atmosphere
AssigneeThe Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorsCarol Anne Clayson, Lakshmi Kantha
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Abstract
Systems may methods may be provided for determining turbulent mixing characteristics. The systems and methods may include obtaining sounding data associated with an atmospheric column and determining first vertical potential temperature profiles from the sounding data. The systems and methods may further include determining second vertical profiles of displacement scales based at least in part on the first vertical potential temperature profiles, and determining turbulent mixing characteristics in the atmospheric column based at least in part on the displacement scales.
Claims20
A method for determining turbulent mixing characteristics, comprising:
- obtaining sounding data associated with an atmospheric column;
- determining first vertical potential temperature profiles from the sounding data;
- determining second vertical profiles of displacement scales based at least in part on the first vertical potential temperature profiles;
- and
- determining turbulent mixing characteristics in the atmospheric column based at least in part on the displacement scales.
A system, comprising:
- a memory for storing computer-executable instructions;
- and
- a processor in communication with the memory, wherein the processor is operative to execute the computer-executable instructions to:
- receive sounding data associated with an atmospheric column;
- determine first vertical potential temperature profiles from the sounding data;
- determine second vertical profiles of displacement scales based at least in part on the first vertical potential temperature profiles;
- and
- determine turbulent mixing characteristics in the atmospheric column based at least in part on the displacement scales.
The system of claim 19, wherein the displacement scales are Thorpe displacement scales and wherein determining the second vertical profiles includes determining the second vertical profiles of the Thorpe displacement scales by sorting the first vertical potential temperature profiles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.