RATIOS OF GEOSTROPHIC DRAG COEFFICIENTS IN THE SURFACE LAYER UNDER VARIOUS STABILITY CONDITIONS

Abstract

The ratio of geostrophic drag coefficients C/C(a) under various stability conditions is obtained as a function of Richardson number. A drag coefficient C(f) is defined in relation to the mechanical mixing length, and its ratio to the actual drag coefficient C is related to the Richardson number. By using observational recent data on the normalized logarithmic wind shear of Monin-Obukhov one can obtain ((f)/C(a)).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0262328

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  • Naval Postgraduate School

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  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adiabatic Conditions
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Biological Phenomena
  • Coefficients
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computations
  • Drag
  • Equations
  • Measurement
  • Meteorological Phenomena
  • Nebraska
  • Observation
  • Richardson Number
  • Stability Conditions
  • United States
  • Wind
  • Wind Shear

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