Richardson number
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Here <math> \rho_0 </math> is the reference density and <math> \bar{\rho} </math> is the background density field. | Here <math> \rho_0 </math> is the reference density and <math> \bar{\rho} </math> is the background density field. | ||
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| + | *{{reference-book |author=Hunt, J C R | year=1998 | title= Lewis Fry Richardson and his contributions to mathematics, meteorology, and models of conflict| rest =Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 30, 1998, pp. xiii–xxxvi}} | ||
Latest revision as of 15:37, 16 January 2008
In the stability of continuously stratified parallel shear flows the ratio of (the squares of) the buoyancy frequency to the background velocity gradient is known as the (gradient) Richardson number.
Here 
is the reference density and 
is the background density field.
References
- Hunt, J C R (1998), Lewis Fry Richardson and his contributions to mathematics, meteorology, and models of conflict, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 30, 1998, pp. xiii–xxxvi.
