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Justification for neglecting the third moment in the steady state expression for the turbulent heat‐flux near the ground
Author(s) -
Businger J. A.,
Miyake M.
Publication year - 1968
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.49709440009
Subject(s) - moment (physics) , heat flux , turbulence , flux (metallurgy) , physics , expression (computer science) , mechanics , steady state (chemistry) , term (time) , atmospheric sciences , statistical physics , classical mechanics , heat transfer , chemistry , quantum mechanics , computer science , organic chemistry , programming language
Observations indicate that the third moment term ρ′ ω′ T ′ which appears in an expression for the turbulent heat‐flux is negligible.