Topic 21

21. Flux-gradient relations

Learning objectives

  • Explain what can we learn from electrical circuits (Ohm’s Law) to describe heat and mass transfer on a land-atmosphere interface.
  • Discuss is we can we use the K-Theory introduced for the momentum transfer to relate the gradients of temperature, humidity and trace gas concentrations to fluxes.
  • Making the K-Theory useful - Reynold’s analogy (similarity) and aerodynamic approach.

Readings Lectures 21, 22, 24 and 25
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