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A note concerning the eddy transfer coefficients of momentum and water vapor under near‐adiabatic conditions
Author(s) -
Harbeck G. Earl
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr003i001p00201
Subject(s) - adiabatic process , water vapor , momentum transfer , evaporation , momentum (technical analysis) , mechanics , thermodynamics , physics , meteorology , optics , finance , scattering , economics
Data from the Lake Hefner evaporation study of 1950–1951 were used to compute K m , the eddy transfer coefficient for momentum, and K e , the eddy transfer coefficient for water vapor. For approximately adiabatic conditions the two coefficients were found to be almost exactly equal.