VERTICAL VELOCITIES IN CLEAR-AIR TURBULENCE,

Abstract

Older investigations with models of airflow over mountains reveal the basic mechanism of the turbulence and, with a simple scaling-up to the dimensions of the atmosphere, the maximum vertical velocities and scales indicated were obtained. When mountain waves break, they settle down to a steady-state turbulence at a level of intensity considerably below the level of intensity when the waves first begin to break. The maximum vertical velocities in conditions when the breaking begins were obtained. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0683425

Entities

People

  • Robert R. Long

Organizations

  • Boeing

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Clear Air Turbulence
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Intensity
  • Mechanics
  • Mountains
  • Physics
  • Steady State
  • Turbulence

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Mathematics or Statistics