Articles | Volume 6, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-6-4215-2006
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-6-4215-2006
21 Sep 2006
21 Sep 2006

Columnar modelling of nucleation burst evolution in the convective boundary layer – first results from a feasibility study
Part II: Meteorological characterisation

O. Hellmuth

Abstract. While in Paper I of four papers a revised columnar high-order modelling approach to investigate gas-aerosol-turbulence interactions in the convective boundary layer (CBL) was deduced, in the present Paper II the model capability to predict the evolution of meteorological CBL parameters is demonstrated. Based on a model setup to simulate typical CBL conditions, predicted first-, second- and third-order moments were shown to agree very well with those obtained from in situ and remote sensing turbulence measurements such as aircraft, SODAR and LIDAR measurements as well as with those derived from ensemble-averaged large eddy simulations and wind tunnel experiments. The results show, that the model is able to predict the meteorological CBL parameters, required to verify or falsify, respectively, previous hypothesis on the interaction between CBL turbulence and new particle formation.

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