Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan. Ser. II
Online ISSN : 2186-9057
Print ISSN : 0026-1165
ISSN-L : 0026-1165
On Gradient Winds
K. Hidaka
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1936 Volume 14 Issue 4 Pages 153-158

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Following G. I. Taylor's vorticity transport theory, and assuming the eddy viscosity K as a function of the vertical gradient of horizontal current velocity (u, v) in the type of K=K0 the present author concluded that:
1. Under these assumptions, the air current accurately attains the gradient wind at a finite height.
2. Generally the height of gradient wind increases as the gradient of current velocity increases.
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