Turbulence in the Atmosphere

This book introduces turbulence in the atmosphere and in engineering flows to advanced students, and provides a reference work for atmospheric researchers.

John C. Wyngaard (Author)

9780521887694, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 28 January 2010

406 pages
25.5 x 18.1 x 2.3 cm, 0.95 kg

'… useful as a reference and as a resource for course instructors since each section is clearly demarcated and the terse style allows specific points to be located quickly … The range and quality of questions on key concepts and problems … at the end of each chapter, will definitely prove useful for others.' Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Based on his over forty years of research and teaching, John C. Wyngaard's textbook is an excellent up-to-date introduction to turbulence in the atmosphere and in engineering flows for advanced students, and a reference work for researchers in the atmospheric sciences. Part I introduces the concepts and equations of turbulence. It includes a rigorous introduction to the principal types of numerical modeling of turbulent flows. Part II describes turbulence in the atmospheric boundary layer. Part III covers the foundations of the statistical representation of turbulence and includes illustrative examples of stochastic problems that can be solved analytically. The book treats atmospheric and engineering turbulence in a unified way, gives clear explanation of the fundamental concepts of modeling turbulence, and has an up-to-date treatment of turbulence in the atmospheric boundary layer. Student exercises are included at the ends of chapters, and worked solutions are available online for use by course instructors.

Preface
Part I. A Grammar of Turbulence: 1. Introduction
2. Getting to know turbulence
3. Equations for averaged variables
4. Turbulent fluxes
5. Conservation equations for covariances
6. Large-eddy dynamics, the energy cascade, and large-eddy simulation
7. Kolmogrov scaling, its extensions, and two-dimensional turbulence
Part II. Turbulence in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer: 8. The equations of atmospheric turbulence
9. The atmospheric boundary layer
10. The atmospheric surface layer
11. The convective boundary layer
12. The stable boundary layer
Part III. Statistical Representation of Turbulence: 13. Probability densities and distributions
14. Isotropic tensors
15. Covariances, autocorrelations, and spectra
16. Statistics in turbulence analysis
Index.

Subject Areas: Mechanics of fluids [TGMF], Meteorology & climatology [RBP], Oceanography [seas RBKC], Atmospheric physics [PHVJ], Fluid mechanics [PHDF]