The Application of Turbulence Theory to the Oceanography

[摘要] The well known fact, that the coefficient of turbulent diffusion of the atmosphere is proportional to the 4/3 power of the scale of phenomena, was explained successfully by Weizsäcker by means of the modern turbulence theory.The author expected that this law is also applicable to the oceanic turbulent field, and ascertained it by the accumulation of many observed results. As an emp_??_ical formla, the relation K=0.01L4/3cm2•sec-1 was obtained.The difference between the coefficient of turbulent heat diffusion and that of turbulent momentum diffusion was explained by the concept of turbulent Prandtl number. And as the similarity law of the model tests concerning the oceanic phenomena, the concept of turbulent Reynolds number was introduced.

[学科分类] 大气科学