Publications

2022

In situ particle sampling relationships to surface and turbulent fluxes using large eddy simulations with Lagrangian particles Park, H.J., Reid, J.S., Freire, L.S., Jackson, C., Richter, D.H. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques doi: 10.5194/amt-15-7171-2022

Large-Eddy Simulation of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer with Near-Wall Resolved Turbulence Freire, L.S. Boundary-Layer Meteorology doi: 10.1007/s10546-022-00702-z

Turbulent transport and reactions of plant-emitted hydrocarbons in an Amazonian rain forest Fuentes, J.D., Gerken, T., Chamecki, M., Stoy, P.C., Freire, L.S., Ruiz-Plancarte, J. Atmospheric Environment, 279, 119094 doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2022.119094

A sub-grid scale cavitation inception model Bappy, M.H., Carrica, P.M., Li, J., Martin, E.,J., Vela-Martín, A., Freire, L.S., Buscaglia, G.C. Physics of Fluids, 34(3), 033308 doi: 10.1063/5.0079313

2021

Large-Eddy Simulation of smooth and rough channel flows using a one-dimensional stochastic wall model Freire, L.S., Chamecki, M. Computers and Fluids, 250, 105135 doi: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2021.105135

Vapor pressure deficit helps explain biogenic volatile organic compound fluxes from the forest floor and canopy of a temperate deciduous forest Stoy, P.C., Trowbridge, A.M., Siqueira, M.B., Freire, L.S., Phillips, R.P., Jacobs, L., Wiesner, S., Monson, R.K., Novick, K.A. Oecologia doi: 10.1007/s00442-021-04891-1

2020

Effects of Vegetation and Topography on the Boundary Layer Structure above the Amazon Forest Chamecki, M., Freire, L.S., Dias, N.L., Chen, B., Dias-Junior, C.Q., Machado, L.A.T., Sörgel, M., Tsokankunku, A., de Araújo, A.C. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 77(8), pp. 2941-2957 doi: 10.1175/jas-d-20-0063.1

Predicting Vertical Concentration Profiles in the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer With a Markov Chain Random Walk Model Park, H.J., Sherman, T., Freire, L.S., Wang, G., Bolster, D., Xian, P., Sorooshian, A., Reid, J.S., Richter, D.H. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125, e2020JD032731 doi: 10.1029/2020JD032731

Pressure statistics of gas nuclei in homogeneous isotropic turbulence with an application to cavitation inception Bappy, M.H., Carrica, P.M., Vela-Martín, A., Freire, L.S., Buscaglia, G.C. Physics of Fluids, 32, 095107 doi: 10.1063/5.0019683

Effect of bubble size on Lagrangian pressure statistics in homogeneous isotropic turbulence Bappy, M.H., Vela-Martín, A., Buscaglia, G.C., Carrica, P.M., Freire, L.S. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1522, 012002 doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/1522/1/012002

2019

Effects of Path Averaging in a Sonic Anemometer on the Estimation of Turbulence-Kinetic-Energy Dissipation Rates Freire, L.S., Dias, N.L., Chamecki, M. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 173(1), pp. 99-113 doi: 10.1007/S10546-019-00453-4

Critical flux Richardson number for Kolmogorov turbulence enabled by TKE transport Freire, L.S., Chamecki, M., Bou-Zeid, E., Dias, N.L. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 145(721), pp. 1551-1558 doi: 10.1002/QJ.3511

Fine dust emissions from active sands at coastal Oceano Dunes, California Huang, Y., Kok, J.F., Martin, R.L., (…), Reynolds, R.L., Freire, L.S. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19(5), pp. 2947-2964 doi: 10.5194/ACP-19-2947-2019

2018

Parameterized Vertical Concentration Profiles for Aerosols in the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer Nissanka, I.D., Park, H.J., Freire, L.S., Chamecki, M., Reid, J.S., Richter, D.H. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123(17), pp. 9688-9702 doi: 10.1029/2018JD028820

A TKE-Based Framework for Studying Disturbed Atmospheric Surface Layer Flows and Application to Vertical Velocity Variance Over Canopies Chamecki, M., Dias, N.L., Freire, L.S. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(13), pp. 6734-6740 doi: 10.1029/2018GL077853

A one-dimensional stochastic model of turbulence within and above plant canopies Freire, L.S., Chamecki, M. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 250-251, pp. 9-23 doi: 10.1016/J.AGRFORMET.2017.12.211

2017

Turbulent mixing and removal of ozone within an Amazon rainforest canopy Freire, L.S., Gerken, T., Ruiz-Plancarte, J., (…), Acevedo, O.C., Chamecki, M. Journal of Geophysical Research, 122(5), pp. 2791-2811 doi: 10.1002/2016JD026009

2016

Linking meteorology, turbulence, and air chemistry in the amazon rain forest Fuentes, J.D., Chamecki, M., Dos Santos, R.M.N., (…), Yañez-Serrano, A.M. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 97(12), pp. 2329-2342 doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00152.1

Flux-Profile Relationship for Dust Concentration in the Stratified Atmospheric Surface Layer Freire, L.S., Chamecki, M., Gillies, J.A. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 160(2), pp. 249-267 doi: 10.1007/S10546-016-0140-2

Downward transport of ozone rich air and implications for atmospheric chemistry in the Amazon rainforest Gerken, T., Wei, D., Chase, R.J., (…), Tóta, J., Trowbridge, A.M. Atmospheric Environment, 124, pp. 64-76 doi: 10.1016/J.ATMOSENV.2015.11.014

2013

Residual layer effects on the modeling of convective boundary layer growth rates with a slab model using FIFE data Freire, L.S., Dias, N.L. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 118(23), pp. 12869-12878 doi: 10.1002/JGRD.50796

2012

Obtaining Potential Virtual Temperature Profiles, Entrainment Fluxes, and Spectra from Mini Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Data Dias, N.L., Gonçalves, J.E., Freire, L.S., Hasegawa, T., Malheiros, A.L. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 145(1), pp. 93-111 doi: 10.1007/S10546-011-9693-2

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Livia S. Freire
Assistant Professor