The Boundary Layer and Turbulence Section
The Boundary-Layer and Turbulence Section carries out basic and applied research on the structure and turbulent dynamics of atmospheric and upper oceanic boundary layers. Topics of current particular interest are air-sea interactions, flows in canopies, effects of stable stratification, transport and reactivity of trace species, carbon exchanges with the biosphere, dispersion and turbulence statistics in the atmospheric boundary layer, wildland fires, coupling with the mesoscale, clouds in deep convective systems, marine stratocumulus, wind energy and subgrid-scale dynamics. Investigators collect and analyze datasets from ground-based and aircraft measurements using in-situ and remote sensors and state-of-the art turbulence resolving simulations, both large-eddy and direct numerical simulations, and develop parameterizations.
| Name | Title | Interests | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Burns | Associate Scientist | Surface layer turbulence data, canopy flows, tower measurements. | sean@ucar.edu 303 497 8934 |
| Janice Coen | Project Scientist | Coupled weather-wildland fire modeling, wildfire forecasting. | janice@ucar.edu 303 497 8986 |
| Jack Herring | Emeritus | ||
| Peggy Lemone | Senior Scientist Emeritus | Land-atmosphere interactions, clouds, field observations. | lemone@ucar.edu 303 497 8962 |
| Don Lenschow | Senior Scientist Emeritus | Clear and cloudy boundary layers, airborne and ground-based measurements, chemistry. | lenschow@ucar.edu 303 497 8903 |
| Chin-Hoh Moeng | Senior Scientist | Boundary-layer LES, parameterizations for mesoscale and climate models, stratus. | moeng@ucar.edu 303 497 8911 |
| Edward (Ned) Patton | Project Scientist | Canopy turbulence, wind energy, chemistry, land-atmosphere interactions, LES. | patton@ucar.edu 303 497 8958 |
| David Richter | Advanced Study Postdoctoral Fellow | Particle laden turbulent flows, spray, turbulence simulations. | drichter@ucar.edu 303 497 8199 |
| Peter Sullivan | Senior Scientist - Group Head | Air-sea interaction, LES of atmospheric and oceanic boundary layers, subgrid-scale modeling and measurements. | pps@ucar.edu 303 497 8953 |
| Jielun Sun | Scientist | Collection and analysis of turbulence data, stable turbulence, atmosphere-ecosystem interactions. | jsun@ucar.edu 303 497 8994 |
| Guoyin Wang | Long-Term Visitor | wanggy@ucar.edu 303 497 8996 |
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| Jeffrey Weil | Long-Term Visitor | Turbulent diffusion and dispersion, stochastic Lagrangian modeling, stable boundary layers. | weil@ucar.edu 303 497 8907 |
| Affiliate Scientists | |||
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| Name | Title | Interests | Contact |
| John Finnigan | Director, CSIRO Center for Complex Systems Science, Australia | Complex systems science, canopy flows, turbulence theory, measurement and applications. | |
| Harm Jonker | Professor, Physics Department, Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands | Boundary-layer clouds, direct numerical simulation, convection tank measurements. | |
| Larry Mahrt | Professor Emeritus, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University | Turbulence in the atmospheric boundary layer, micrometeorology, submeso and mesoscale motions. | |
- Air-Sea Interaction
- Clouds
- Chemisty
- Fire-Atmosphere Interaction
- Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
- Land-Surface Interaction
- Turbulent Dispersion
- Wind Energy