Rossby number

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• Rossby number — The Rossby number, named for Carl Gustav Arvid Rossby, is a dimensionless number used in describing fluid flow. The Rossby number is the ratio of centrifugal to Coriolis accelerations.cite book |title=Coastal, Estuarial, and Harbour Engineers… …   Wikipedia

• ROSSBY — SWEDEN (see also List of Individuals) 28.12.1898 Stockholm/S 19.8.1957 Stockholm/S Carl Gustaf Rossby graduated as a geophysicist in 1922 from the Technical University of Stockholm KTH, joined the Swedish Meteorological Institute and collaborated …   Hydraulicians in Europe 1800-2000

• Rossby parameter — The Rossby parameter is a number used in geophysics and meteorology which arises due to the northward variation of the Coriolis force caused by the spherical shape of the Earth. It is important in the generation of Rossby waves.The Rossby… …   Wikipedia

• rossby waves —   the wave pattern of flow of the westerly winds which blow in the upper atmosphere. Thought to be the result of diversion of air flow around the Rockies and Andes, they change in both number and amplitude throughout the year. Have a crucial… …   Geography glossary

• Carl-Gustaf Rossby — Carl Gustaf Arvid Rossby (Stockholm 28 December, 1898 ndash; Stockholm 19 August, 1957) was a Swedish U.S. meteorologist who first explained the large scale motions of the atmosphere in terms of fluid mechanics.Rossby came into meteorology and… …   Wikipedia

• Ekman number — The Ekman number, named for V. Walfrid Ekman, is a dimensionless number used in describing geophysical phenomena in the oceans and atmosphere. It characterises the ratio of viscous forces in a fluid to the fictitious forces arising from planetary …   Wikipedia

• Taylor number — In fluid dynamics, the Taylor number is a dimensionless quantity that characterizes the importance of centrifugal forces or so called inertial forces due to rotation of a fluid about a vertical axis, relative to viscous forces. The typical… …   Wikipedia

• Nusselt number — In heat transfer at a boundary (surface) within a fluid, the Nusselt number is the ratio of convective to conductive heat transfer across (normal to) the boundary. Named after Wilhelm Nusselt, it is a dimensionless number. The conductive… …   Wikipedia

• Rayleigh number — In fluid mechanics, the Rayleigh number for a fluid is a dimensionless number associated with buoyancy driven flow (also known as free convection or natural convection). When the Rayleigh number is below the critical value for that fluid, heat… …   Wikipedia

• Magnetic Reynolds number — The Magnetic Reynolds number is a dimensionless group that occurs in magnetohydrodynamics. It gives an estimate of the effects of magnetic advection to magnetic diffusion, and is typically defined by: where U is a typical velocity scale of the… …   Wikipedia

• Morton number — For Morton number in number theory, see Morton number (number theory). In fluid dynamics, the Morton number (Mo) is a dimensionless number used together with the Eötvös number to characterize the shape of bubbles or drops moving in a surrounding… …   Wikipedia