SOME LIMITATIONS ON THE FORM OF THE EQUATION OF ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION

Abstract

Some simple transformation properties of the diffusion equation that has been classically used to describe turbulent transport in the atmosphere are briefly examined. The essential tensorial nature of the eddy diffusivity is emphasized, and it is concluded that the standard form frequently adopted for the diffusion equation in the meteorological literature cannot be generally valid.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0462423

Entities

People

  • Kenneth L. Calder

Organizations

  • United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Laboratories
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Diffusion
  • Diffusivity
  • Equations
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Motion
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • Physics
  • Scalar Functions
  • Tensor Analysis
  • Tensors
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Diffusion
  • United States

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Fluid Dynamics.