A correlated stochastic model for the large‐scale advection, condensation and diffusion of water vapour

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serval:BIB_CC3F4B34630C
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
Title
A correlated stochastic model for the large‐scale advection, condensation and diffusion of water vapour
Journal
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
Author(s)
Beucler Tom
ISSN
0035-9009
1477-870X
Publication state
Published
Issued date
04/2016
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
142
Number
697
Pages
1721-1731
Language
english
Abstract
The statistically steady distribution of water vapour and its characteristics are studied in the framework of the Ornstein–Uhlenbeck (OU) turbulent dispersion model. Particles are advected by a stochastic velocity field with a finite time correlation, and condense as soon as their moisture content exceeds a local saturation value. We discretize the OU model to a finite number of velocity values, and find simple analytical solutions for the bimodal distribution of water vapour and the non-diffusive moisture flux, which perfectly agree with the corresponding Monte-Carlo simulations. Furthermore, we show that these simple models produce results that approximate well the OU Monte-Carlo simulations, suggesting that they could be used as general tools to understand correlated stochastic processes that involve condensation.
Keywords
advection, condensation, diffusion, distribution, flux, saturation, specific humidity, stochastic
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