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Stable and convective boundary-layer flows in an urban array

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Pith's one-line read The paper claims that adding urban-scale roughness to a stratified boundary layer changes the surface stability itself: the Monin–Obukhov length grows up to 80% in stable conditions and doubles in convective conditions, with roughness…

desk verdict Useful stable-stratification dataset over a novel urban array, but the headline convective result is confounded by unheated building blocks. read the letter →

arxiv 1908.05463 v2 pith:UKWEBXUR submitted 2019-08-15 physics.ao-ph physics.flu-dyn

Davide Marucci , Matteo Carpentieri This is my paper · ORCID
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keywords stableboundarylayerconvectiveurbancanopyMonin-ObukhovlengthroughnessdisplacementheightwindtunnelReynoldsshearstress
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The reading

The paper reports wind-tunnel experiments in which stable, neutral, and convective boundary layers approach a regular array of rectangular building blocks, and it asks how the urban surface itself alters stratification. In stable conditions the array reduces Reynolds stresses and canopy turbulence, cuts the aerodynamic roughness length by up to 27%, raises the displacement height by up to 5%, and increases the Monin–Obukhov length $L$ by up to 80% relative to the approaching flow. In convective conditions friction velocity rises, roughness length increases by up to 55%, displacement height falls by about half, and the Monin–Obukhov length doubles over the array. The authors read these changes as the roughness damping the effective surface stratification, and conclude that urban canopy parameterizations should use stability-dependent roughness length and displacement height rather than neutral values.

What carries the argument

The Monin–Obukhov length $L$, the height at which mechanical and buoyant turbulence production become comparable, is the central diagnostic. The paper estimates $L$, friction velocity $u_*$, friction temperature $\theta_*$, roughness lengths $z_0$ and $z_{0h}$, and displacement heights $d$ and $d_h$ by fitting stability-corrected logarithmic profiles for wind and temperature to point measurements, and by linearly extrapolating measured Reynolds shear stress and vertical heat flux profiles to the surface. Comparisons between lower-roughness approaching flow and higher-roughness array flow isolate the effect of the urban geometry on these surface-layer parameters.

What would settle it

Measure the same array with dense three-dimensional sampling, or simulate it numerically with resolved surface heat flux, and compare the true area-averaged surface shear stress and heat flux with the linear extrapolation from $1.5H$ to $4H$; a systematic mismatch would mean the reported changes in $L$, $z_0$, and $d$ are artifacts of the extrapolation rather than real stratification-roughness interactions.

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Core claim

The paper shows experimentally that urban-like roughness modifies how Monin–Obukhov similarity applies to an already stratified flow. Over a regular array of $H \times 2H \times H$ blocks at 45° wind direction, stable stratification lowers the friction velocity $u_*$, cuts Reynolds stresses and in-canopy turbulence, reduces $z_0$ by 16–27%, raises $d$ by up to 5%, and increases the Monin–Obukhov length $L$ by up to 80% compared with the same flow without the array. Convective stratification raises $u_*$ through the combined action of roughness and instability, increases $z_0$ by up to 55%, reduces $d$ by about half, and doubles $L$. The authors conclude that urban surfaces reduce the effective stability felt by the flow, and that stability-dependent $z_0$ and $d$ are needed in urban parameterizations.

Load-bearing premise

The whole analysis rests on the assumption that, averaged across space, the downward momentum flux and upward heat flux decrease nearly linearly with height just above the building tops, so extending those measured trends to the surface gives the true surface fluxes; the paper itself notes the data were too coarse for a direct spatial average.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • In stable conditions the urban array reduces the friction velocity and Reynolds stresses, cuts $z_0$ by up to 27%, raises $d$ by up to 5%, and increases $L$ by up to 80% compared with the approaching flow.
  • In convective conditions the array increases $u_*$, raises $z_0$ by up to 55%, lowers $d$ by about half, and doubles $L$, meaning the surface feels weaker convection than the incoming flow does.
  • Urban canopy parameterizations that keep $z_0$ and $d$ fixed at neutral values will misrepresent surface fluxes whenever the approaching boundary layer is stratified.
  • The internal boundary layer developing over the array reaches about $2.5H$ in stable conditions and $3$\textendash $4H$ in convective conditions, setting a height limit for single-layer canopy models.
  • Stable stratification suppresses in-canopy turbulence and slows canopy flow without changing its direction, while convective stratification increases in-canopy velocity variances.

Reading between the lines

Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Implicit in the results, a single-layer urban scheme using neutral $z_0$ and $d$ would need stability-dependent corrections; the measured changes in $L$ give a direct target for such a parameterization.
  • A testable extension is to repeat the experiment with heated building surfaces: the unheated wooden blocks reduced upward heat flux, so real cities with heated walls and roofs would likely show a smaller doubling of $L$.
  • A further consequence is that dense roughness damps stratification in both directions, so urban arrays may act as a self-limiting buffer on extreme surface stability; varying building density and aspect ratio would test this.
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Summary. The manuscript reports wind-tunnel measurements of stable and convective boundary layers over a regular array of rectangular building models, with approaching-flow comparisons intended to isolate roughness effects. Surface parameters (u*, z0, d, θ*, z0h, dh, L) are derived by fitting Monin-Obukhov similarity profiles to measured velocity and temperature profiles and by linearly extrapolating Reynolds shear stress and vertical heat flux profiles to the surface. The main findings are that in stable stratification the array increases the Monin-Obukhov length by up to 80%, reduces z0, increases d, and suppresses in-canopy turbulence; in convective stratification the array roughly doubles L, increases z0 by about 55%, reduces d, and increases u*. The paper also reports internal boundary-layer heights and velocity integral length scales, and makes the dataset openly available.

Significance. If the causal interpretation can be secured, the dataset is a valuable experimental resource for validating urban canopy models under non-neutral conditions, and the directional findings are broadly consistent with prior work. Strengths include the realistic building geometry, comparisons with field observations and earlier experiments, and open data availability. The main weakness is that the central claim that increased roughness reduces surface stratification is not cleanly identified, because the array configuration also changes the thermal boundary conditions (unheated buildings in the CBL cases and, most likely, uncooled buildings in the SBL cases). The quantitative percentages also lack uncertainty estimates and the abstract disagrees with the full text. These issues must be resolved before the quantitative conclusions can be accepted.

major comments (5)
  1. [Section 4.1, Table 2] The CBL claim that 'the increased roughness causes a reduction in the surface stratification' (L doubled over the array) is confounded by the thermal boundary condition. Section 4.1 states that 'the vertical heat flux over the array appears reduced, also as consequence of the wooden buildings not being heated.' In the approaching-flow reference the heated floor is uniform, while in the array case only the floor between the buildings is heated and the buildings themselves are unheated. The array therefore reduces the total upward heat flux simply by replacing part of the heated floor with unheated solid blocks; since |L| is proportional to u*^3/(w'θ')_0, both the increase in u* and the decrease in surface heat flux act to increase L, so the reported doubling can occur even if the roughness has no stability-modifying effect. The paper does not report building surface temperatures or a heat-budget estimate that would separate the roughness effect from the surface-temperature effect. Please quantify the building heat-flux contribution (or provide a bounding estimate) and revise the causal wording in the abstract and Section 5 accordingly.
  2. [Section 3.1, Table 1] The same identification problem applies to the stable cases. The lower-roughness reference is generated with uniformly cooled floor panels, while in the array case only the floor is cooled and the wooden building blocks are not described as actively cooled. If the blocks are warmer than the cooled floor, they will locally reduce the magnitude of the negative surface heat flux, which increases L and partially mimics a roughness-induced weakening of stability. The paper should state the thermal state of the building surfaces in the SBL runs and quantify its contribution to the reported L increase of up to 80%, or explicitly justify that the effect is negligible.
  3. [Abstract vs. full text and Conclusion] The abstract supplied with this version reports SBL z0 reduction up to 35% and d increase up to 12%, and CBL z0 increase up to 50%; the full-text abstract and Section 5 report 27%, 5%, and 55%, respectively. These are different quantitative claims for the same experiments. The authors must correct the inconsistency and ensure that the abstract, main text, tables, and conclusion report identical numbers.
  4. [Tables 1 and 2, Section 2.3] The headline ratios (L doubling, 80% increase, z0 and d changes) are reported as exact numbers without uncertainty estimates. Section 2.2 reports standard errors of 10-25% on the covariances that feed the flux extrapolation, so the propagated uncertainties in u*, θ*, and L are likely material to the claimed differences. Please propagate the measurement uncertainties into the derived surface parameters and report confidence intervals, or at least provide a sensitivity analysis of L to the chosen linear-extrapolation interval.
  5. [Equation (3)] Equation (3) as written has a sign error relative to standard Monin-Obukhov theory. With θ* = -(w'θ')_0/u*, the correct expression is ζ = (g/Θ0)θ*/(u*^2/kz), not the negative of that quantity. The tabulated δ/L values have the conventional signs, which suggests the computations used the standard form, but the printed equation must be corrected and its sign consistency with Eqs. (4)-(7) checked explicitly.
minor comments (5)
  1. [Section 2.2] Please state how the standard errors were computed (block averaging, bootstrap, or repeat runs) and how the resampling of the LDA and cold-wire signals affects the reported covariances.
  2. [Figures 3 and 8] The SBL approaching-flow reference is a single profile at x_T/H = -35, while the CBL reference is the average of two profiles at x_T/H = 1.4 and 22.4. Since the two cases use different reference locations, please explain why this does not affect the comparability of the SBL and CBL results.
  3. [Section 2.1] Please clarify whether the neutral reference cases in Tables 1 and 2 were measured with the same spire sets as the stratified cases to which they are compared.
  4. [Section 5] The sentence 'the sum of the two contributions considered singularly is larger than the increment resulting by their combined effect' is unclear and should be rephrased for precision.
  5. [Acknowledgments] The data availability statement should be moved to a dedicated section and cite the figshare DOI in the standard format.

Circularity Check

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No circularity: the reported Monin-Obukhov changes are measured differences, not predictions recovered from the same fitted law, and the self-cited method is externally validated.

full rationale

The paper reports wind-tunnel measurements and does not claim to derive a first-principles prediction from the same data it then confirms. Surface fluxes are obtained by linear extrapolation of measured Reynolds-stress and vertical-heat-flux profiles (Section 2.3), following Marucci et al. (2018), and the resulting friction velocity for the neutral urban-array case is checked against an independent estimate from Castro et al. (2017): the linear-fit value u*/UREF = 0.081 is compared with 0.087 from the 1.3-factor method and 0.089 from Castro et al. (2017). The Monin-Obukhov length is then computed from those extrapolated surface fluxes, while z0, d, and z0h are fitted using the standard diabatic log-law (Eqs. 4-7). Reporting how L changes between the lower- and higher-roughness configurations is an observed difference, not a fitted parameter renamed as a prediction. The stability functions are attributed to Högström (1988), not to the authors' own prior work. The self-citations (Marucci et al., 2018; Marucci and Carpentieri, 2019, 2020) supply the experimental technique and companion dispersion results; they do not contain the urban-array stability comparison claimed here. The unheated wooden buildings in the CBL runs (Section 4.1: 'The vertical heat flux over the array appears reduced, also as consequence of the wooden buildings not being heated') create a possible confound between roughness effects and imposed thermal-boundary-condition effects, but that is an experimental-design concern rather than a circular reduction of the conclusion to its inputs. No step in the derivation chain is equivalent by construction to its own inputs.

Assumptions & free parameters 7 free parameters · 7 assumptions · 0 invented entities

The central claims rest on the validity of Monin-Obukhov similarity theory, the linear extrapolation of stress and heat flux profiles to the surface, and log-law fits for z0 and d. No new physical entities are introduced. The fitted surface parameters are the results of the paper, but they are also the inputs to the derived stability lengths, so they are listed as free parameters.

free parameters (7)
  • u* (friction velocity) = 0.047 to 0.118 of UREF across SBL and CBL cases
    Obtained from linear extrapolation of Reynolds shear stress above the canopy; used to compute Monin-Obukhov lengths and non-dimensionalized profiles.
  • z0 (aerodynamic roughness length) = 2.0 to 6.3 mm
    Fitted from logarithmic velocity profile with fixed von Karman constant (0.40) and fitted d; reported changes up to 27% (SBL) and 55% (CBL).
  • d (displacement height) = 0 to 55 mm
    Fitted simultaneously with z0 from the log-law; the authors note this approach can yield larger d and smaller z0 than other methods (Castro et al. 2017).
  • theta* (friction temperature) = 0.221 to 0.355 C (SBL), -0.60 to -1.39 C (CBL)
    Derived from linear extrapolation of vertical heat flux and u*.
  • z0h (thermal roughness length) = 0.003 to 0.012 mm
    Fitted from the temperature log-law with either d or fitted dh.
  • dh (thermal displacement height, fitted variant) = 21.5 to 52.3 mm
    Optional free parameter in the temperature log-law fit; used only in the 'dh fitted' columns of Tables 1 and 2.
  • Linear fitting interval for surface fluxes = 1.5H to 4H
    Choice of the height range for the linear extrapolation of stress and heat flux to the surface (Section 2.3, Fig. 2).
assumptions (7)
  • standard math Monin-Obukhov similarity theory
    Used to write logarithmic profiles for velocity and temperature (Eqs. 1-7, Section 2.3).
  • standard math Högström (1988) stability correction functions
    Adopted for psi-m and psi-h in the diabatic log-law (Eqs. 4-7).
  • domain assumption Linearity of stress and heat flux profiles above the roughness sublayer
    Section 2.3 states: 'It assumed that the spatially averaged profiles for the Reynolds shear stress and vertical heat flux were approximately linear in both the roughness sub-layer (RSL) and the region immediately above.' This is critical for surface flux estimates.
  • domain assumption Taylor's frozen turbulence hypothesis
    Section 3.2: integral length scales computed from autocorrelation assuming frozen turbulence.
  • domain assumption Boundary layer depth over the array equals the approaching flow in CBL
    Section 4.1: 'The boundary layer depth was assumed to remain the same above the array as in the case without.'
  • domain assumption Log-law fitting with fixed k yields valid d and z0
    Section 2.3; the authors acknowledge Castro et al. (2017) suggested this gives larger d and smaller z0, but proceed because results are consistent with prior values.
  • domain assumption Reference temperature Theta0 at 10 mm above floor represents surface temperature
    Section 2.3: temperature measured at 10 mm at the centre of the model used as reference Theta0 for all profiles above the array.

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In this paper non-neutral approaching flows were employed in a meteorological wind tunnel on a regular urban-like array of rectangular buildings. As far as stable stratification is concerned, results on the flow above and inside the canopy show a clear reduction of the Reynolds stresses and an increment of the Monin-Obukhov length up to 80%. The roughness length and displacement height were also affected, with a reduction up to 35% for the former and an increment up to 12% for the latter. A clear reduction of the turbulence within the canopy was observed. In the convective stratification cases, the friction velocity appears increased by both the effect of roughness and unstable stratification. The increased roughness causes a reduction in the surface stratification, reflected in an increase of the Monin-Obukhov length, which is double over the array compared to the approaching flow. The effect on the aerodynamic roughness length and displacement height are specular to the SBL case, an increase up to 50% of the former and a reduction of the same amount for the latter.

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Figure 1. Schematic of the experimental set up with details about the wind tunnel coor [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Reynolds shear stress at surface extrapolation for NBL case with 5 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Vertical profiles of first and second order statistics for velocity and temperature [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p014_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: Vertical profiles of first and second order statistics for velocity and temperature [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p016_4.png]
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Figure 5. Figure 5: Vertical profiles of integral length scales for SBL cases at [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p017_5.png]
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Figure 6. Figure 6: Reynolds stresses inside the canopy (z/H = 0.5, y/H = −9) varying the stable stratification. Quantities are non-dimensionalised by both the reference (a-c) and friction (d-f) velocity. 19 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p019_6.png]
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Figure 7. Figure 7: Planar view of mean horizontal velocity vectors inside ( [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p020_7.png]
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Figure 8. Figure 8: Vertical profiles of first and second order statistics for velocity and temperature [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p022_8.png]
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Figure 9. Figure 9: Vertical profiles of first and second order statistics for velocity and temperature [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p024_9.png]
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Figure 10. Figure 10: Vertical profiles of integral length scales for CBL cases at [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p025_10.png]
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Figure 11. Figure 11: Profiles of non-dimensional Reynolds stresses, temperature variance and vertical [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p026_11.png]
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Figure 12. Figure 12: Reynolds stresses inside the canopy (z/H = 0.5, y/H = −9) varying the unstable stratification. Quantities are non-dimensionalised by both the reference (a-c) and friction (d-f) velocity. 27 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p027_12.png]

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