| | 1 | '''Influence of small scale heterogeneities on the near surface turbulence structure''' \\ |
| | 2 | Responsible: Linda Voß \\ |
| | 3 | Project type: Diplomarbeit (equivalent to master thesis) \\ |
| | 4 | Duration: 22/09/2009-21/09/2010 \\\\ |
| | 5 | Inhomogeneities due to differences in the surface structure may trigger secondary circulations in the convective boundary layer. Turbulence measurements with the eddy-covariance method are not able to detect these fluxes. Heterogeneities with diameters of a few hundred meters are therefore suspected to be partly responsible for the non-closure of the energy balance in a height of 2 m (height of energy balance stations). \\\\ |
| | 6 | Within this thesis high resolution LES simulations for such small scale heterogeneities shall be performed and analyzed with respect to possible stationary near surface circulations. |
