3 papers
physics.ao-ph2025
A Satellite Remote Sensing and Doppler LiDAR-based Framework for Evaluating Mesoscale Flows Driven by Surface Heterogeneity
Tyler Waterman, Peter Germ, Marc Calaf +2
Surface heterogeneity, particularly complex patterns of surface heating, significantly influences mesoscale atmospheric flows, yet observational constraints and modeling limitation…
physics.ao-ph2025
Impact of Heterogeneity on Scalar Flux Variance Relations Across Diverse Ecosystems
Tyler Waterman, Ivana Stiperski, Laura Torres-Rojas +1
Monin-Obukhov Similarity Theory (MOST), the traditional surface layer theory used to understand the behavior, scaling and exchange of heat, water vapor and carbon dioxide between t…
physics.ao-ph2025
Evaluating Anisotropy-based Monin-Obukhov Similarity Theory over Canopies and Complex Terrain
Tyler Waterman, Ivana Stiperski, Nathaniel Chaney +1
Monin Obukhov Similarity Theory (MOST) has long served as the basis for parameterizations of turbulence exchange between the surface and the atmospheric boundary layer in models fo…