Wind Speed, Stability and Eddy Viscosity over Melting Ice Surfaces
Abstract The laws of wind-speed variation with height and their modification with stability are discussed and applied to observations in the first 2 m. over various cold surfaces. An exponential law is superior save in frequent, near-neutral conditions, but the logarithmic law is superior in neutral...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0022143000019109 2024-09-15T18:15:37+00:00 Wind Speed, Stability and Eddy Viscosity over Melting Ice Surfaces Grainger, M. E. Lister, H. 1966 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000019109 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000019109 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) Journal of Glaciology volume 6, issue 43, page 101-127 ISSN 0022-1430 1727-5652 journal-article 1966 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000019109 2024-07-10T04:04:24Z Abstract The laws of wind-speed variation with height and their modification with stability are discussed and applied to observations in the first 2 m. over various cold surfaces. An exponential law is superior save in frequent, near-neutral conditions, but the logarithmic law is superior in neutral and again in really stable conditions. A power law and a logarithmic-plus-linear law give the best fit with the data only at moderate stabilities. A logarithmic-plus-cubic law of wind speed is evolved that permits suppression of linear additions to the logarithmic law at two distinct stabilities. A power form of variation of Richardson number with height is found and compared with a linear form. The former is applied with the logarithmicplus-cubic law to the observed data, though with limited success. Eddy-viscosity coefficients for the different laws are compared. Article in Journal/Newspaper Journal of Glaciology Cambridge University Press Journal of Glaciology 6 43 101 127 |
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Abstract The laws of wind-speed variation with height and their modification with stability are discussed and applied to observations in the first 2 m. over various cold surfaces. An exponential law is superior save in frequent, near-neutral conditions, but the logarithmic law is superior in neutral and again in really stable conditions. A power law and a logarithmic-plus-linear law give the best fit with the data only at moderate stabilities. A logarithmic-plus-cubic law of wind speed is evolved that permits suppression of linear additions to the logarithmic law at two distinct stabilities. A power form of variation of Richardson number with height is found and compared with a linear form. The former is applied with the logarithmicplus-cubic law to the observed data, though with limited success. Eddy-viscosity coefficients for the different laws are compared. |
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Wind Speed, Stability and Eddy Viscosity over Melting Ice Surfaces |
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Wind Speed, Stability and Eddy Viscosity over Melting Ice Surfaces |
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Wind Speed, Stability and Eddy Viscosity over Melting Ice Surfaces |
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wind speed, stability and eddy viscosity over melting ice surfaces |
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