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Abstract
Results of heat transfer measurements in a differentially heated annulus of fluid for both the non-rotating and rotating cases are given. (In the latter case the flow is in the upper symmetric regime.) In all cases the upper surface of the fluid is free. The non-rotating heat transfer is essentially the same as that of vertical slot convection, whereas rotation modifies the heat transfer; the resulting main effects appear to be exerted through a decrease in the Ekman layer thickness.
Abstract
Results of heat transfer measurements in a differentially heated annulus of fluid for both the non-rotating and rotating cases are given. (In the latter case the flow is in the upper symmetric regime.) In all cases the upper surface of the fluid is free. The non-rotating heat transfer is essentially the same as that of vertical slot convection, whereas rotation modifies the heat transfer; the resulting main effects appear to be exerted through a decrease in the Ekman layer thickness.
Abstract
Detailed measurements of the complete vector-velocity and temperature fields have been carried out for an upper symmetrical (Hadley regime) flow in a rotating, differentially heated annulus of water in order that precise comparison could be made with numerical integrations by G. Williams. To make the measurements, small hypodermic probes must be inserted into the fluid from above. Definite and significant alterations of the torque-angular momentum balance of the fluid, and associated alterations of other field variables have been detected experimentally and shown to be due to the probes. Measurements have been made that allow extrapolation from the altered state to a “no-probe” state and the determination of correction fields for the temperature and velocity. Evidence that the drag on the probes in the upper westerly zonal flow may be the main source of the flow alteration is given. Important implications of the existence of such effects for quantitative meteorological experiments are pointed out, including clear indications that, for the low probe Reynolds numbers involved, the drag values cannot be greatly reduced by reducing probe sizes.
Abstract
Detailed measurements of the complete vector-velocity and temperature fields have been carried out for an upper symmetrical (Hadley regime) flow in a rotating, differentially heated annulus of water in order that precise comparison could be made with numerical integrations by G. Williams. To make the measurements, small hypodermic probes must be inserted into the fluid from above. Definite and significant alterations of the torque-angular momentum balance of the fluid, and associated alterations of other field variables have been detected experimentally and shown to be due to the probes. Measurements have been made that allow extrapolation from the altered state to a “no-probe” state and the determination of correction fields for the temperature and velocity. Evidence that the drag on the probes in the upper westerly zonal flow may be the main source of the flow alteration is given. Important implications of the existence of such effects for quantitative meteorological experiments are pointed out, including clear indications that, for the low probe Reynolds numbers involved, the drag values cannot be greatly reduced by reducing probe sizes.
Abstract
BY Placing a small convective source (electrical heater) in a rotating, vertically sheared, stratified flow in a rotating annulus, a well-organized vortex flow is generated. A qualitative description of the flow is given. The flow is always cyclonic below the heater and anticyclonic above, and is quite persistent in the sheared flow.
Abstract
BY Placing a small convective source (electrical heater) in a rotating, vertically sheared, stratified flow in a rotating annulus, a well-organized vortex flow is generated. A qualitative description of the flow is given. The flow is always cyclonic below the heater and anticyclonic above, and is quite persistent in the sheared flow.
