UID:
almahu_9948601418302882
Umfang:
XIII, 310 p.
,
online resource.
Ausgabe:
1st ed. 1980.
ISBN:
9781475701005
Inhalt:
Turbulence-the randomly disordered movement of volumes of air of widely varying size-is one of the characteristic features of atmospheric air flows; its investigation is essential for the solution of several theoretical and practical problems. Until recently, owing to experimental difficulties, research on turbu lence was confmed mainly to the lower half of the troposphere. Theoretical investigations have consequently been based on these data. The rapid development of high-altitude aviation and cases of aircraft encoun tering hazardous turbulence led to a sharp intensification of research on turbu lence in the atmosphere up to 10-12 km, and subsequently at greater altitudes. Such research was confined initially to the characterization of the frequency of occurrence of gusts of different speeds, their relation to altitude, geographical conditions, time of day and year, and so on. At the end of the fifties, when the required measuring equipment and experimental techniques had been developed, it became possible to investigate the complete statistical characteristics of turbu lence: the spectral densities of the velocity fluctuations of air flows, structure functions, etc. These data stimulated the further development of theory related to the specific conditions of the free atmosphere.
Anmerkung:
Some Aspects of the Theory of Atmospheric Turbulence -- Methods of Experimental Investigation of Turbulence in the Free Atmosphere -- Statistical Analysis of Measurements -- Spectrum of Turbulence in a Thermally Stratified Atmosphere -- Clear-Air Turbulence in Lower and Middle Troposphere -- Atmospheric Convection and Thermal Turbulence -- Waves and Atmospheric Turbulence -- Turbulence and Vertical Flows in Clouds -- Turbulence Affecting Flight of Aircraft -- Mesostructure of Wind Field.
In:
Springer Nature eBook
Weitere Ausg.:
Printed edition: ISBN 9781475701029
Weitere Ausg.:
Printed edition: ISBN 9780306109591
Weitere Ausg.:
Printed edition: ISBN 9781475701012
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4757-0100-5
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0100-5
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