Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan. Ser. II
Online ISSN : 2186-9057
Print ISSN : 0026-1165
ISSN-L : 0026-1165
Mean Radius and Mean Life of Micro-Turbulence in the Atmosphere
K. Takahasi
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1940 Volume 18 Issue 5 Pages 164-166

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G. I. Taylor introduced two kinds of correlation functions to describe the nature of micro-turbulence in turbulent flow. Mean radius and mean life of micro-turbulence in the atmosphere were determined after consideration of such correlation functions and the following relations were found. where η is eddy kinematic viscosity, τ0 mean life and u' fluctuation of the velocity. where λ is mean radius of the micro-turbulence, molecular kinematic viscosity.
Numerical values of mean life and mean radius of the micro-trubulence in the atmosphere were calculated from observations and it was found that they are about 6cm. and 50 sec. respectively.
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