A Laboratory Simulation of Convective Vortices
- 1 July 1973
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
- Vol. 30 (5) , 894-902
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1973)030<0894:alsocv>2.0.co;2
Abstract
An experiment has been constructed which yields a vortex flow similar in many respects to atmospheric dust devils. Measurements were made of air velocity and temperature in the vortex core. These results were compared with a theoretical model of the flow, with velocities measured in real dust devils, and with the results of previous researchers who used a non-convective vortex. Observations were made of the different types of vortex flows found in the chamber and their dependence on the controlling parameters.Keywords
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