Valley ventilation by cross winds
- 16 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
- Vol. 96 (04) , 757-767
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112080002340
Abstract
An initial thermal stratification may be swept out of a valley if a cross-wind is strong enough: the valley is then said to be ventilated. Numerical and laboratory experiments indicate that the critical parameter is the Froude number, is the mean horizontal velocity above the crest of the valley sides, N is the Brunt–Väisälä or bouyancy frequency of the thermal stratification in the valley air and h is the height of the valley walls. Ventilation occurs whenever the Froude number exceeds a value of 1·3.Keywords
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