THE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE STRATIFICATION OF A MEDIUM ON TURBULENCE

Abstract

The following problems associated with the effect of temperature stratification on turbulence are discussed: (1) the effect of stratification on the vertical turbulent fluxes of momentum, heat and moisture; (2) the symmetric properties of turbulence in a temperature stratified medium; (3) similarity hypotheses for the inertially convective interval of turbulence spectrum in a stability stratified medium; (4) the limiting cases of instability and stability. The influence of temperature stratification and turbulence is described with the aid of three parameters-the buoyancy parameter, the friction velocity and the so-called 'temperature flux'.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 16, 1969
Accession Number
AD0695935

Entities

People

  • A. S. Monin

Organizations

  • Air Force Systems Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Atmospheric Temperature
  • Boundary Layer
  • Buoyancy
  • Convection
  • Energy
  • Heat Transfer
  • Layers
  • Probability
  • Richardson Number
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Temperature Inversion
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Wind
  • Wind Velocity

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.