Open AccessThe thermal stability of the lower atmosphere
Publication year - 1935
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series a, mathematical and physical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.814
H-Index - 135
eISSN - 2053-9169
pISSN - 0080-4630
DOI - 10.1098/rspa.1935.0170
Subject(s) - atmosphere (unit) , compressibility , stability (learning theory) , rayleigh scattering , turbulence , thermodynamics , thermal , mechanics , thermal conductivity , physics , optics , computer science , machine learning
1—The thermal stability of a layer of incompressible fluid heated below has been investigated by Rayleigh, and Jeffreys. Subsequently Jeffreys J proved that with a small modification the same equation would hold for a compressible fluid. He remarked, however, that the results could not, without further discussion, be applied to the consideration of the stability of the earth’s atmosphere. In this paper an attempt is made to derive a similar equation which would apply to the lower atmosphere. For the atmosphere, as suggested by Brunt,v must be replaced by an eddy frictional coefficient, and the effect of molecular conductivity can be neglected in comparison with that of turbulence.