A Method for Estimation of Turbulence Fine-Scale Anisotropy Parameters from ADCP Data
https://doi.org/10.7868/S2073667321010093
Abstract
Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCP) are widely used for deriving velocity vertical profiles. In recent years these devices were also actively explored for estimations of the energy dissipation rate ε by studying longitudinal velocity structure functions (SF). However, these estimates remain questionable because the correspondent SF method is based on the assumption of the fine-scale isotropy and explores the canonical values for Kolmogorov constants. The last ones, as recent direct measurements and numerical computations prove, are highly variable, thus triggering the errors of ε estimations, which may exceed 50 %. This paper presents an approach to derive the retained information, hidden in the raw along-beam velocities data, which can shed a light on the anisotropy parameters. For this, we developed the inter-beam correlations method, based on the analysis of generalized (fourpoint) SF. The explicit expression for transverse SF was derived, which made it possible to check the “4/3 law” directly. The method was tested by processing velocity data, obtained from the convective mixing layer in ice-covered lakes Onega and Vendyurskoe.
Keywords
Acoustic current profilers,
turbulence fine-scale structure,
structure functions,
Kolmogorov constants
Supporting agencies: The study was carried out under state order to the Northern water problems Institute of Karelian Research Center of RAS. GK was supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG Projects KI 853–13/1 and KI 853–16/1) and by the Sino-German Center for Research Support (CDZ Project GZ 1259).
About the Authors
S. Volkov
Northern Water Problems Institute, Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Petrozavodsk
S. Bogdanov
Northern Water Problems Institute, Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences; Petrozavodsk State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Petrozavodsk
G. Zdorovennova
Northern Water Problems Institute, Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Petrozavodsk
A. Terzhevik
Northern Water Problems Institute, Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Petrozavodsk
R. Zdorovennov
Northern Water Problems Institute, Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Petrozavodsk
N. Palshin
Northern Water Problems Institute, Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Petrozavodsk
T. Efremova
Northern Water Problems Institute, Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Petrozavodsk
G. Kirillin
Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)
Germany
Germany
12587, Müggelseedamm 310, Berlin
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Volkov S., Bogdanov S., Zdorovennova G., Terzhevik A., Zdorovennov R., Palshin N., Efremova T., Kirillin G. A Method for Estimation of Turbulence Fine-Scale Anisotropy Parameters from ADCP Data. Fundamental and Applied Hydrophysics. 2021;14(1):86-96. https://doi.org/10.7868/S2073667321010093
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