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Thermal conduction and viscosity and the choice of the upper‐level boundary condition in the theory of atmospheric oscillations
Author(s) -
Giwa F. B. A.
Publication year - 1967
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.49709339610
Subject(s) - thermal conduction , oscillation (cell signaling) , mechanics , work (physics) , viscosity , thermal , boundary value problem , physics , boundary (topology) , classical mechanics , thermodynamics , mathematics , mathematical analysis , chemistry , biochemistry , quantum mechanics
Viscosity and thermal conduction are included in the current tidal oscillation theory. The solution in which the energy density remains finite as height increases is treated. For all equivalent depths for which the tide is oscillatory in the vertical direction, this solution is a wave whose energy propagates upwards, thus suggesting that the choice of ‘energy propagation upwards’ as the upper‐level boundary condition is consistent with the effect of damping at these levels. Similar work by Pekeris is discussed.