EA: RICHARDSON_NUMBER
Status:
STD 2014/02/14
Code:
1678
Concept definition:
A non-dimensional number arising from the study of shearing flows of a stratified fluid defined as the product of the acceleration of gravity and a measure of the vertical stability, divided by the square of the vertical shear; Richardson number.
Attribute value type:
REAL
Unit equivalence class label:
PURE_NUMBER
Reference type:
PR
Reference:
[
WMO182
, "Richardson number"]
Supplemental references:
[
GMET
, "Richardson number"]
Group membership:
FLUID_CONDITION
RATE_OR_RATIO
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