Heat fluxes in the atmosphere

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Climate_Change_Attribution.

Climate_Change_Attribution.

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Heat flux notion The quantity being transferred by the air parcels

Heat flux notion

The quantity being transferred by the air parcels in a

unit of time through a unit of area facing the transfer direction is called HEAT FLUX.
There are convective heat flux and eddy heat flux.
Convective heat flux, in turn, is divided into advective one (horizontal heat transfer) and real convective (vertical heat transfer).
In meteorology, the horizontal heat flux is called advective flux (Qa), and the vertical one is called convective flux (Qc).
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Convective and advective heat fluxes Any air particle contains some amount

Convective and advective heat fluxes

Any air particle contains some amount of

heat. When moving, it carries this heat along. By this way the heat is distributed in the atmosphere. However, that is not the only way for the heat distribution. Not less effective way is EDDY MIXING (EXCHANGE)

Incoming heat flux is positive, outgoing flux is negative.

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Eddy heat flux Eddy heat flux is caused by wind velocity

Eddy heat flux

Eddy heat flux is caused by wind velocity pulsation

General

conditions for eddy exchange

Permanency
Conservation
Passivity

Quantity does not satisfy this conditions. Air temperature changes as the air ascending or descending. However, potential temperature satisfy.

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The strongest flux The weakest flux Along with vertical eddy flux

The strongest flux

The weakest flux

Along with vertical eddy flux there are

horizontal fluxes.

At the same level

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Eddy heat exchange differs from that of other substances. Coefficients A

Eddy heat exchange differs from that of other substances. Coefficients A

and K (for eddy heat exchange) are called coefficient of eddy heat conductivity and temperature conductivity respectively.

As the stratification is stable ( ) eddy heat flux directed downward

As the stratification is unstable ( ) eddy heat flux directed upward

Heat influx (outflow) notion

Heat influx = incoming heat flux – outgoing heat flux

Heat outflow

Heat influx

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Individual and local (partial) derivatives When an air parcel moves, its

Individual and local (partial) derivatives

When an air parcel moves, its state

parameters are not necessarily constant; they are function of coordinates and time.
For the moving parcel, the coordinates, in turn, are functions of time.

Individual derivative

Local derivative

Convective derivative

Advective derivative

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Energy equation Temperature variation is of prime interest for meteorologists. It

Energy equation

Temperature variation is of prime interest for meteorologists. It depends

on heat influx. It can be determined on the base of the energy conservation equation.
Heat influx:

Heat influx unit

Mass of the volume is

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The same reasoning can be applied for horizontal heat fluxes Eddy

The same reasoning can be applied for horizontal heat fluxes

Eddy heat

influx

Since the horizontal exchange is much smaller the vertical one, for practical purposes this formula can be simplified

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All members of this formula have the same order of magnitude

All members of this formula have the same order of magnitude

Substituting

and

into

energy equation, we obtain

See the next slide

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After substituting into the basic equation and solution with respect to

After substituting into the basic equation
and solution with respect to

, we obtain

This quantity is small and can be neglected

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Air temperature variation due to advection Air temperature variation due to

Air temperature variation due to advection

Air temperature variation due to vertical

motion

Air temperature variation due to eddy mixing

Air temperature variation due to radiation and water phase transfer

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1. Non-periodical T variations Above boundary layer (in the free atm.)

1. Non-periodical T variations

Above boundary layer (in the free atm.)
Small time

intervals (about 24 h)
? no heat influx ? adiab. process
Energy equation:
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2. Periodical T variations Within the boundary layer (diurnal T variations)

2. Periodical T variations

Within the boundary layer (diurnal T variations)
long time

intervals
? only vertical eddy heat influx
Energy equation ( or equation of the conductivity of the atm.):
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3. Air mass moving over non-homogeneous surface Advection and eddy exchange

3. Air mass moving over non-homogeneous surface

Advection and eddy exchange are

important
Taking steady state process
The process is called
air mass transformation
Energy equation