In a companion paper, the authors presented a boundary layer parameterization that was based on the mass-flux concept and included an internally consistent representation of the vertical flux of horizontal momentum. In the present paper, the authors show how the framework of that model can be used to determine the perturbation pressure field, by solving the anelastic pressure equation. The pressure covariances needed to close the parameterization can then be diagnosed. Tests show very encouraging agreement of the pressure statistics with results obtained from large-eddy simulations. © 2006 American Meteorological Society.
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Lappen, C. L., & Randall, D. A. (2006). Parameterization of pressure perturbations in a PBL mass-flux model. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 63(7), 1726–1751. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS3722.1
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