Bryan R. Kerman
University of Chicago
5 Papers
22 Citations
Bryan R. Kerman is an academic researcher from University of Chicago. The author has contributed to research in topics: Planetary boundary layer & Boundary layer. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 5 publications.
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Papers
A similarity model for maximum ground-level concentration in a freely convective atmospheric boundary layer
TL;DR: In this paper, a model of buoyancy and momentum-driven industrial plumes in a freely convective boundary layer is proposed, which combines the Lagrangian similarity models of Yaglom for non-buoyant releases in the convective surface layer with the Scorer similarity model for industrial plume.
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An energy budget for waves and turbulence within an inversion
TL;DR: In this paper, a formulation for a critical Richardson number based on a mutual response of the mean and turbulent states to a wave-like disturbance is proposed, which may explain some aspects of the sustained existence of the echo layers.
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A note on the interpretation of acoustic sounder returns
TL;DR: In this paper, a method for estimating statistical characteristics of turbulence in the atmospheric boundary layer using pairs of observables derived from scattered acoustic energy is presented, which is limited to heights small compared to the Ekman-layer depth and to flows which are neither fully developed convectively nor have imbedded gravity waves.
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A similarity model for maximum ground-level concentration in a height-invariant, stably stratified atmospheric boundary layer
TL;DR: In this paper, a model for determining the location and magnitude of the maximum ground-level concentration arising from an elevated buoyant source in a very stable atmospheric boundary layer is presented, which combines the turbulent structure of such a boundary layer, Lagrangian similarity of the diffusion process, and similarity solutions of the conservation equations of the buoyant plume with mass conservation.
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The discrete turbulent gust concept
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the spectral properties of the gust structure and implied spectral dynamics in the atmospheric surface layer and found that several results concerned with the response and memory concepts agree with intuitive reasoning.
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