2024

On the relative merits of interpolation schemes for the immersed boundary method: a case study with the heat equation

Lesinhovski W.C., Dias, N.L., Freire, L.S., Jesus, A.C.F.S.

Trends in Computational and Applied Mathematics, v. 26, p. e01833, 10.5540/tcam.2025.026.e01833

2023

Atmospheric Small-Scale Turbulence from Three-Dimensional Hot-film Data

Freire, L.S., Chamecki, M., Patton, E.G. 

Boundary-Layer Meteorology, v. 189, p. 77-101, 10.1007/s10546-023-00826-w

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, v. 15, p. 7171-7194, 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, v. 184, p. 25-43, 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, p. 119094, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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. 6734-674, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 10.1007/S10546-011-9693-2