Dimensionless Characteristics of Turbulence in the Atmospheric Layer near the Ground

Abstract

A universal law of velocity and temperature distribution is assumed to exist from dimensional considerations for regions near a smooth ground surface, neglecting Coriolis forces and molecular viscosity and thermal conductivity variations. Plots of data confirm this.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 16, 1973
Accession Number
AD0771384

Entities

People

  • A. M. Obukhov
  • A. S. Monin

Organizations

  • United States Army Foreign Science and Technology Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Coefficients
  • Conductivity
  • Equations
  • Heat Capacity
  • Heat Flux
  • Heat Transmission
  • Layers
  • Momentum Transfer
  • Observation
  • Prandtl Number
  • Richardson Number
  • Specific Heat
  • Steady State
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Thermal Instability
  • Turbulence

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics