MOLOCH

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MOLOCH MOdello LOCale in H coordinates
ISTITUTO DI SCIENZE DELL'ATMOSFERA E DEL CLIMA ,
ISAC-CNR
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Dinamica
Radiazione
Microfisica
MOLOCH
Turbolenza
Suolo
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Governing equations
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H-Coordinate
Terrain following vertical coordinate H
The vertical scale H is given by the density
scale height
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Inverse formula
Vertical derivative transformation
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Trasformazione delle coordinate
Trasformazione di uno scalare
Trasformazione del gradiente di uno scalare
Matrice Jacobiana
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Coordinate H
Matrice Jacobiana
Inversa della Matrice Jacobiana
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Horizontal derivative transformation
Lagrangian time derivative
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Generalized vertical velocity
Divergence
Continuity
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Pressure Gradient Force
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Conservation of entropy during microphysical
processes
where
is the partial pressure of water vapor
and
(610.6 Pa)
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Partial pressure at saturation (Pressman) with
respect to water and ice
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Turbulence
Density and pressure fluctuations are neglected
except in buoyancy term
Averaged continuity
Eddy continuity
Averaged scalar equation
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Closure hypothesis Turbulent fluxes of a scalar
quantity
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Divergence of turbulent fluxes
Divergence of turbulent fluxes over flat terrain
(one dimensional)
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Turbulent kinetic energy equation in H-coordinates
Buoyancy generation term
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Closure Energy redistribution hypothesis