gradient Richardson number

From Glossary of Meteorology



A dimensionless ratio, Ri, related to the buoyant production or consumption of turbulence divided by the shear production of turbulence.
It is used to indicate dynamic stability and the formation of turbulence:

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where θv is virtual potential temperature, Tv is virtual absolute temperature, z is height, g is gravitational acceleration, and (U, V) are the wind components toward the east and north. The critical Richardson number, Ric, is about 0.25 (although reported values have ranged from roughly 0.2 to 1.0), and flow is dynamically unstable and turbulent when Ri < Ric. Such turbulence happens either when the wind shear is great enough to overpower any stabilizing buoyant forces (numerator is positive), or when there is static instability (numerator is negative).
Compare bulk Richardson number, flux Richardson number, Froude number.

número de Richardson de gradiente

Es una tasa adimensional, Ri, relacionada con la producción de empuje hidrostático o consumo de la turbulencia dividida por la producción de cizallamiento de la turbulencia.

Se utiliza para indicar la estabilidad dinámica y la formación de turbulencia:

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donde θv es la temperatura potencial virtual, Tv es la temperatura absoluta virtual, z es la altura, g es la aceleración gravitacional y (U, V) son los componentes del viento hacia el este y el norte. El número crítico de Richardson, Ric, es aproximadamente 0.25 (aunque los valores reportados han variado de aproximadamente 0.2 a 1.0), y el flujo es dinámicamente inestable y turbulento cuando Ri < Ric. Dicha turbulencia ocurre cuando la cizalladura del viento es lo suficientemente grande como para superar cualquier fuerza de empuje hidrostático estabilizadora (el numerador es positivo) o cuando hay inestabilidad estática (el numerador es negativo).
Comparar número de Richardson global, número de Richardson de flujo y número de Froude.


Term edited 24 August 2023.

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