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The evaluation of the coefficient of eddy diffusivity
Author(s) -
Longley Richmond W.
Publication year - 1944
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49707030607
Subject(s) - thermal diffusivity , eddy diffusion , point (geometry) , mass diffusivity , mathematics , thermodynamics , mathematical analysis , mechanics , physics , turbulence , geometry
Observational data have been substituted into a modified form of the equation of heat transfer. By a statistical analysis of the resultant equations, values of the coefficient of eddy diffusivity for various stable lapse rates are obtained. It was found necessary in the analysis to define a “point of best fit,” and to derive the normal equations for obtaining this point.