Some measurements of heat flux at large negative Richardson number

✍ Scribed by R. J. Taylor

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1956
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 166 KB
• Volume: 82
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0035-9009
• DOI: 10.1002/qj.49708235110

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Some measurements of heat flux, H, at large negative Richardson number confirm and add precision to the conclusion of Priestley (1955) that heat is transported effectively by a process of free convection over a wide range of conditions. In this range H ∝ (∂θ/∂z)^3/2^ and the measurements lend weight to the suggestion that this regime exists when —RI~1.5 m~ exceeds about 0.02.