Atmospheric turbulence, meteorological modeling and aerodynamics / Peter R. Lang and Frank S. Lombargo, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lang, Peter R.

Lombargo, Frank S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Atmospheric turbulence--Mathematical models.

Atmospheric turbulence.

Reynolds analogy.

Aerodynamics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (740 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Turbulence is a type of fluid (gas or liquid) flow in which the fluid undergoes irregular fluctuations, or mixing, in contrast to laminar flow, in which the fluid moves in smooth paths or layers. In turbulent flow the speed of the fluid at a point is continuously undergoing changes in both magnitude and direction. The flow of wind and rivers is generally turbulent in this sense, even if the currents are gentle. The air or water swirls and eddies while its overall bulk moves along a specific direction. This book will give the reader new insights into this natural phenomenon that occurs everyday yet is a puzzle that is not yet fully resolved in classical physics. Among the applications included are: fluid dynamics, aerodynamics, atmospheric and climatology research.

Contents:

""ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE, METEOROLOGICAL MODELING AND AERODYNAMICS""; ""ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE, METEOROLOGICAL MODELING AND AERODYNAMICS ""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""RESEARCH AND REVIEW STUDIES""; ""CLIMATOLOGY OF THE ARCTIC PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. INTRODUCTION ""; ""2. THEORETICAL STRUCTURE OF THE ARCTIC PBL ""; ""3. DATA SETS AND PROXIES ""; ""Pan-Arctic Data Sets ""; ""Maritime Arctic Regions ""; ""Central Arctic Regions ""; ""Continental Sub-Arctic Regions ""; ""Greenland Region""; ""4. ARCTIC PBL CLIMATOLOGY RECONSTRUCTION""

""Dynamic Re-Stratification Processes""""Radiation Re-Stratification Processes""; ""Temperature Inversions""; ""Clouds""; ""Wind Speed and Aero-Dynamical Surface Roughness""; ""Turbulent Surface Fluxes and the PBL Life-Time""; ""5. REGIONAL SPECIFICS OF THE ARCTIC PBL CLIMATOLOGY ""; ""Arctic and Sub-Arctic PBL over Continents (Canadian, Siberian and Alaska Regions) ""; ""Arctic PBL over Ice-Covered Arctic Ocean (Central and Siberian Arctic Regions) ""; ""Arctic PBL over Ice Sheets and Glaciers (Greenland Region) ""; ""Arctic PBL near Ice Edge (Atlantic and Baffin Bay Regions) ""

""6. RECENT CHANGES IN THE PBL CLIMATOLOGY """"Representation of Arctic PBL in Meteorological Models ""; ""Projects for Arctic PBL in XXI Century ""; ""7. SUMMARY ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ""; ""REFERENCES""; ""NONEQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMIC THEORY OF ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. BASIC THEORY OF NONEQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS OF ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE""; ""2.1. The Entropy Equilibrium Equation and the Linear Phenomenological Relations of Atmospheric System ""

""2.2. Turbulent Transport of the Atmospheric Heat and Vapor�Fourier�s Law, Fick�s Law, Dufour Effect and Soret Effect of the Atmospheric Turbulent Eddy Viscosity """"2.3. The Turbulent Transport of Atmospheric Momentum and the Vortex Theorem ""; ""2.3.1. Linear Phenomenological Relation of the Atmospheric Momentum Transport ""; ""2.3.2. The Theorem of Turbulent Intensity and the Theorem of Turbulent Momentum Transport ""; ""2.4. Vortex Theorem ""; ""3. SIMILARITY THEORY AND DETERMINING LINEAR PHENOMENOLOGICAL COEFFICIENTS ""

""3.3.3. The Form of the Similarity Function , ()zLÏ?, of the Turbulent Intensity ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record; title from PDF title page, viewed (07/16/2020).

ISBN:

1-61728-264-2

OCLC:

923657458