Energy dissipation near the tropopause

Dennis Trout; H. A. Panofsky

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v21i3.10090

Energy dissipation near the tropopause

Tellus

Volume 21 (1969): Issue 3

By: Dennis Trout and H. A. Panofsky

Open Access

|Jan 1969

Abstract

It is shown from clear-air turbulence spectra measurements and clear-air turbulence probabilities that the energy dissipation between 25,000 and 40,000 ft is just over 1 watt m−2, a quantity of the same order as the dissipation near the ground.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v21i3.10090 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554

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Language: English

Page range: 355 - 358

Submitted on: Aug 19, 1968

Accepted on: Oct 10, 1968

Published on: Jan 1, 1969

Published by: Stockholm University Press

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1969 Dennis Trout, H. A. Panofsky, published by Stockholm University Press
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