Article: On Turbulence and Mixing in the Free Atmosphere Inferred from High-Resolution Soundings

Article: Researchers from Florida State University describe findings in oceanic technology.(Report)
Journal of Technology;  July 21, 2008 ;     300 words ......States, Mixing in the free atmosphere above the planetary boundary...measurements of the turbulent dissipation rate by in situ probes are...turbulence properties in the free atmosphere from high-resolution soundings...monitor turbulence in the free atmosphere in ...

Article: Low-Frequency Variability in the Midlatitude Baroclinic Atmosphere Induced by an Oceanic Thermal Front
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......this work to a two-mode baroclinic free atmosphere. The baroclinic jet produced in this...barotropic nonlinear model of the free atmosphere. The extreme simplicity of the model...vorticity (PV) injection into the free atmosphere. In traditional atmospheric models...

Article: free atmosphere
A Dictionary of Weather;      46 words ...free atmosphere A general term for the upper levels of the atmosphere, away from the planetary boundary layer , where the affects of surface heating...

Article: gradient level
A Dictionary of Geography;      29 words ...gradient level The lower limit of the free atmosphere ; also the lower level at which the quasi‐geostrophic balance between the Coriolis and pressure–gradient forces exists.

Article: A Theory of Gravity Wave Absorption by a Boundary Layer
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences;  February 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......to the phase of disturbances in the free atmosphere. The associated flow divergence modulates...layer that sets it apart from the free atmosphere: slower wind and frictional dissipation...second, we match the BL to a stratified free atmosphere, bounded above to support trapped...

Article: High-Resolution In Situ Profiling through the Stable Boundary Layer: Examination of the SBL Top in Terms of Minimum Shear, Maximum Stratification, and Turbulence Decrease
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......turbulence defined by the energy dissipation rate (ε), horizontal wind speed...significant decrease in the energy dissipation rate (i.e., the mixing height) with height...barrier between the SBL and the free atmosphere through which all near-surface atmospheric...humidity) must ...

Article: Convective Entrainment into a Shear-Free, Linearly Stratified Atmosphere: Bulk Models Reevaluated through Large Eddy Simulations
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences;  February 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......values of the buoyancy gradient in the free atmosphere covering a typical atmospheric stability...Within the range of investigated free-atmosphere stratifications, the LES predictions...ratio of the buoyancy gradient in the free atmosphere to the overall buoyancy gradient across...

Article: Recent findings in fluids described by researchers from State University of New York.
Journal of Technology;  March 10, 2009 ;     305 words ......Measuring the turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate in an enclosed turbulence chamber...challenge. Traditional single-point dissipation rate measurement techniques are not applicable...point statistics to determine the dissipation rate. However, there is no consensus in...

Article: Reports from B. Kumar and co-researchers add new data to research in bioresource technology.
Journal of Technology;  May 12, 2009 ;     245 words ......a study from Bangalore, India, The dissipation rate of turbulent kinetic energy (epsilon...VisiMix (R) calculates the energy dissipation rate in geometrically similar unbaffled...transfer rate is uniquely correlated with dissipation rate of energy, wrote B. Kumar and colleagues...

Article: Spectral estimates of dissipation rate within and near the surf zone
Journal of Physical Oceanography;  May 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......used to examine changes in turbulent dissipation rate with location relative to the breakpoint...turbulence from wave orbital currents, dissipation rate is derived using the inertial subrange...arbitrary water depth. The resulting dissipation rate is compared with that obtained by...

Article: Dorsett on the Cowboys: `It Was Not a Free Atmosphere'
The Washington Post;  September 1, 1989 ;     700+ words ......those fans, just hanging around. Guys complained, but it was just another example of the Cowboy way of life. It was not a free atmosphere. Dan Reeves, my present coach {in Denver}, is the kind of coach you respect and want to work hard for. He's dedicated to...

Article: New fluid mechanics study results from University of Brescia described.
Journal of Technology;  September 16, 2008 ;     262 words ......inversion in terms of minimal dissipation rate, scientists in Brescia, Italy report. To this end, the dissipation rate is computed by a simple homogeneous...as a manifestation of minimal dissipation rate, wrote P. Poesio and colleagues...

Article: Surface Layer Turbulence Measurements during a Frontal Passage
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences;  July 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ......dissipative range of turbulence. Dissipation rate [epsilon] is calculated with...a historical expression for dissipation rate as a function of ASL stability. The magnitude of the dissipation rate increases by an order of magnitude...

Article: Remote measurement of turbulent wind spectra by heterodyne Doppler lidar technique
Journal of Applied Meteorology;  December 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......which can be characterized by the dissipation rate and the K-spectral peak (or outer...1989) report an experiment where the dissipation rate of the turbulent kinetic energy (TKE...paper, the concept of estimating the dissipation rate of TKE from wind spectra is introduced...