Turbulence In The Atmosphere

Author : John C. Wyngaard
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781139485524

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Turbulence in the Atmosphere by John C. Wyngaard Pdf

Based on his over forty years of research and teaching, John C. Wyngaard's textbook is an excellent up-to-date introduction to turbulence in the atmosphere and in engineering flows for advanced students, and a reference work for researchers in the atmospheric sciences. Part I introduces the concepts and equations of turbulence. It includes a rigorous introduction to the principal types of numerical modeling of turbulent flows. Part II describes turbulence in the atmospheric boundary layer. Part III covers the foundations of the statistical representation of turbulence and includes illustrative examples of stochastic problems that can be solved analytically. The book treats atmospheric and engineering turbulence in a unified way, gives clear explanation of the fundamental concepts of modeling turbulence, and has an up-to-date treatment of turbulence in the atmospheric boundary layer. Student exercises are included at the ends of chapters, and worked solutions are available online for use by course instructors.

Author : O.G. Sutton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000468304

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Atmospheric Turbulence by O.G. Sutton Pdf

Originally published in 1955 Atmospheric Turbulence examines dynamic meteorology and the fundamental part it plays in the overall science of meteorology. The book examines the theory of atmospheric turbulence as a more mathematically developed area than largescale motions of the atmosphere and examines its significance in economic, military and industrial spheres. The book focuses on the effect and importance of atmospheric turbulence, not only to meteorologists, but the designers of large aircraft. The book addresses the effects of turbulence and the properties of the atmosphere that can be found closer to the ground. This book will be of interest to atmospheric physicists and meteorologists.

Author : Alfred K. Blackadar
Publisher : Springer
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642604812

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Turbulence and Diffusion in the Atmosphere by Alfred K. Blackadar Pdf

This book grew out of an introductory course that I was invited to teach on a number of occasions to senior and graduate level students at the University of Kid. I have cherished these opportunities in part because I was never required to conduct examinations or give grades. For the students, however, my good fortune presented special problems that induced my sympathy: in addition to having to contend with a foreign language, they would eventually have to confront an examiner with his own ideas about what they should have learned. Although I always left a copy of my lecture notes with this person, they were too sketchy to be of much use. The present book is an attempt to solve some of these problems. The content is intended to be as broad as possible within the limitations of an introductory one-semester course. It aims at providing an insightful view of present understanding, emphasizing the methods and the history of their development. In particular I have tried to expose the power of intuitive reasoning - the nature of tensor invariants, the usefulness of dimensional analysis, and the relevance of scales of physical quantities in the inference of relationships. I know of no other subject that has benefited more from these important tools, which seem to be widely neglected in the teaching of more fundamental disciplines.

Author : F.T. Nieuwstadt,H. Van Dop
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401091121

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Atmospheric Turbulence and Air Pollution Modelling by F.T. Nieuwstadt,H. Van Dop Pdf

The study of turbulence in the atmosphere has seen considerable progress in the last decade. To put it briefly: boundary-layer meteorology, the branch of atmospheric science that concentrates on turbulence in the lower atmosphere, has moved from the surface layer into the boundary layer itself. The progress has been made on all fronts: theoretical, numerical and observational. On the other hand, air pollution modeling has not seen such a rapid evolution. It has not benefited as much as it should have from the increasing knowledge in the field of atmospheric turbulence. Air pollution modeling is still in many ways based on observations and theories of the surface layer only. This book aims to bring the reader up to date on recent advances in boundary-layer meteorology and to pave the path for applications in air pollution dispersion problems. The text originates from the material presented during a short course on Atmospheric Turbulence and Air Pollution Modeling held in The Hague during September 1981. This course was sponsored and organized by the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, xi xii PREFACE to which both editors are affiliated. The Netherlands Government Ministry of Health and Environmental Protection and the Council of Europe also gave support.

Author : N. Vinnichenko
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781475701005

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Turbulence in the Free Atmosphere by N. Vinnichenko Pdf

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.

Author : O.G. Sutton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000458749

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Atmospheric Turbulence by O.G. Sutton Pdf

Originally published in 1955 Atmospheric Turbulence examines dynamic meteorology and the fundamental part it plays in the overall science of meteorology. The book examines the theory of atmospheric turbulence as a more mathematically developed area than largescale motions of the atmosphere and examines its significance in economic, military and industrial spheres. The book focuses on the effect and importance of atmospheric turbulence, not only to meteorologists, but the designers of large aircraft. The book addresses the effects of turbulence and the properties of the atmosphere that can be found closer to the ground. This book will be of interest to atmospheric physicists and meteorologists.

Author : Roland B. Stull
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1988-07-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9027727694

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An Introduction to Boundary Layer Meteorology by Roland B. Stull Pdf

Part of the excitement in boundary-layer meteorology is the challenge associated with turbulent flow - one of the unsolved problems in classical physics. An additional attraction of the filed is the rich diversity of topics and research methods that are collected under the umbrella-term of boundary-layer meteorology. The flavor of the challenges and the excitement associated with the study of the atmospheric boundary layer are captured in this textbook. Fundamental concepts and mathematics are presented prior to their use, physical interpretations of the terms in equations are given, sample data are shown, examples are solved, and exercises are included. The work should also be considered as a major reference and as a review of the literature, since it includes tables of parameterizatlons, procedures, filed experiments, useful constants, and graphs of various phenomena under a variety of conditions. It is assumed that the work will be used at the beginning graduate level for students with an undergraduate background in meteorology, but the author envisions, and has catered for, a heterogeneity in the background and experience of his readers.

Author : Martin Beniston
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642587870

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From Turbulence to Climate by Martin Beniston Pdf

This volume covers aspects of numerical modeling of the atmosphere and climate from the microscales of turbulence to the very large scales associated with climate and climatic change. Each of the three major spatio-temporal scales of the atmosphere, namely, the microscale, the mesoscale, and the macroscale is addressed through a hierarchy of models. Results of model simulations are illustrated throughout the text, with many of these examples based on the author's original research work. For each type of model discussed here, the theoretical background, including governing equation sets, simplifying assumptions, and advantages and limits of the models, is provided. The topic of coupled, or nested, modeling systems as a promising approach to air pllution embedded in regional atmospheric flows, as well as to the regional atmospheric response to global climate forcings, is also addressed. An attempt is made throughout the book to highlight the highly interdisciplinary nature of atmospheric modeling, particularly in those sections dealing with climatic change issues.

Author : John Leask Lumley,Hans A. Panofsky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Atmosphere
ISBN : UCAL:B4515503

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The Structure of Atmospheric Turbulence by John Leask Lumley,Hans A. Panofsky Pdf

Author : Roland Stull
Publisher : Sundog Publishing, LLC
Page : 942 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Science
ISBN : 0888652836

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Practical Meteorology by Roland Stull Pdf

A quantitative introduction to atmospheric science for students and professionals who want to understand and apply basic meteorological concepts but who are not ready for calculus.

Author : Nikolai K. Vinnichenko,N. Z. Pinus,S. M. Shmeter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0608054224

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Turbulence in the Free Atmosphere by Nikolai K. Vinnichenko,N. Z. Pinus,S. M. Shmeter Pdf

Author : Hans A. Panofsky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Atmospheric turbulence
ISBN : UOM:39015094997015

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Atmospheric Turbulence by Hans A. Panofsky Pdf

Author : Robert Sharman,Todd Lane
Publisher : Springer
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319236308

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Aviation Turbulence by Robert Sharman,Todd Lane Pdf

Anyone who has experienced turbulence in flight knows that it is usually not pleasant, and may wonder why this is so difficult to avoid. The book includes papers by various aviation turbulence researchers and provides background into the nature and causes of atmospheric turbulence that affect aircraft motion, and contains surveys of the latest techniques for remote and in situ sensing and forecasting of the turbulence phenomenon. It provides updates on the state-of-the-art research since earlier studies in the 1960s on clear-air turbulence, explains recent new understanding into turbulence generation by thunderstorms, and summarizes future challenges in turbulence prediction and avoidance.

Author : E.M. Salomons
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401006606

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Computational Atmospheric Acoustics by E.M. Salomons Pdf

Noise from cars, trains, and aeroplanes can be heard at large distances from the source. Accurate predictions of the loudness of the noise require accurate computations of sound propagation in the atmosphere. This book describes models that can be used for these computations. The models take into account complex effects of the atmosphere and the ground surface on sound waves, including the effects of wind and temperature distributions, atmospheric turbulence, irregular terrain, and noise barriers. The main text of the book focuses on physical effects in atmospheric acoustics. The effects are illustrated by many numerical examples. The main text requires a very limited mathematical background from the reader; detailed mathematical descriptions of the models, developed from the basic principles of acoustics, are presented in appendices. Models for moving media are compared with models that are based on the effective sound speed approach. Both two-dimensional models and three-dimensional models are presented. As meteorological effects play an important role in atmospheric acoustics, selected topics from boundary layer meteorology and the theory of turbulence are also presented.

Author : George Christakos
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128030325

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Spatiotemporal Random Fields by George Christakos Pdf

Spatiotemporal Random Fields: Theory and Applications, Second Edition, provides readers with a new and updated edition of the text that explores the application of spatiotemporal random field models to problems in ocean, earth, and atmospheric sciences, spatiotemporal statistics, and geostatistics, among others. The new edition features considerable detail of spatiotemporal random field theory, including ordinary and generalized models, as well as space-time homostationary, isostationary and hetrogeneous approaches. Presenting new theoretical and applied results, with particular emphasis on space-time determination and interpretation, spatiotemporal analysis and modeling, random field geometry, random functionals, probability law, and covariance construction techniques, this book highlights the key role of space-time metrics, the physical interpretation of stochastic differential equations, higher-order space-time variability functions, the validity of major theoretical assumptions in real-world practice (covariance positive-definiteness, metric-adequacy etc.), and the emergence of interdisciplinary phenomena in conditions of multi-sourced real-world uncertainty. Contains applications in the form of examples and case studies, providing readers with first-hand experiences Presents an easy to follow narrative which progresses from simple concepts to more challenging ideas Includes significant updates from the previous edition, including a focus on new theoretical and applied results