THE LATERAL INTENSITY OF TURBULENCE AS A FUNCTION OF STABILITY,

Abstract

The lateral intensity of turbulence with respect to stability was examined. It was found that the intensity of turbulence over an extremely rough nonuniform terrain was greater than over a uniform terrain but that the heterogeneous surface had no other effect on the magnitude of the fluctuations. The stability of the atmosphere was found to have the greatest effect on the lateral component of turbulence with the standard deviation of wind direction being extremely sensitive to changes in stability. The investigation also provided an insight to the variation of the absolute value of the Richardson number with height. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0644821

Entities

People

  • Frank V. Hansen

Organizations

  • Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Data Science
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Information Science
  • Intensity
  • Mechanics
  • Nonuniform
  • Richardson Number
  • Standards
  • Turbulence
  • Wind
  • Wind Direction

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.