A scaling parameter for turbulence in baroclinic convective boundary layers |
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| Authors: | S K Pedersen G D Stubley |
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| Institution: | (1) Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Waterloo, N 2L 3G1 Waterloo, Ontario, Canada;(2) Present address: Zenon Environmental Inc., 845 Harrington Court, L7N 3P3 Burlington, Ontario, Canada |
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| Abstract: | The influence of baroclinicity on the structure and levels of turbulence in the convective boundary layer depends on both the magnitude and orientation of geostrophic wind shear and the level of convection. The geostrophic Richardson number, a Richardson number defined in the present work and based on the geostrophic wind shear, is shown to be a single non-dimensional parameter which determines the influence of baroclinicity on convective turbulence structure. |
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