THE MICROSTRUCTURE OF TURBULENCE IN THE LOWER TROPOSPHERE,

Abstract

This paper analyzes Deviatova's experimental data of the horizontal wind speed fluctuations at different heights from 100 to 1470m. The main results are: (1) The horizontal wind speed fluctuations at any height may be approximated by a Gaussian distribution. (2) For heights up to a few hundred meters, the well-known '2/3' law holds within a scale of length comparable to or several times larger than the height. (3) At higher levels, the scale range in which the '2/3' law holds in usually less than the height itself and no definite relationship between this range and the height has been found. The validity of the data is also discussed. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0611032

Entities

People

  • Chia-i Chen
  • Sin Tan
  • Su-zeng Dong

Organizations

  • Emmanuel College

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Experimental Data
  • Gaussian Distributions
  • Microstructure
  • Republic
  • Troposphere
  • Turbulence

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.