Sunday, June 24, 2012

Background Knowledge


Here are a few terms that will assist in better understanding the Air Dispersion Modeling Project.



Turbulence- rough, choppy, erratic, randomness, unevenness

Eddies-chunks of glob fluids (few centimeters to hundreds of meter)

Turbulence Types

A). Mechanical Turbulence- produce by wind speed and terrain roughness

B). Thermal Turbulence- increases with solar radiation


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