Research Article

Laboratory Simulations of Local Winds in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer via Image Analysis

Table 3

Parameters for the UHI experiments, including the observed values of mixing height and UHI intensity ; is the surplus of surface heat flux. The heater dimensions and the buoyancy frequency  s−1 are the same for all cases. For case B2 the surface heat flux was 7.2 · 10−5 K m s−1. The duration of the experiments is roughly 800 s.

Experiment numberExperiment description (K m s−1) (m/s) (m) (K)ReFr

B1Nocturnal UHI1.4 · 10−40.00260.0161.41320.121
B2Diurnal UHI1.4 · 10−40.00300.0284.41510.140