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Main Title Towing Tank Studies of Stratified Flow Over Ridges and Valleys.
Author Lee, J. T. ; Barr, S. ; Lawson, Jr., R. E. ; Snyder, W. H. ; Marsh, G. L. ;
CORP Author Environmental Sciences Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC. ;Los Alamos National Lab., NM. ;Northrop Services, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC.
Year Published 1984
Report Number EPA/600/D-84/230;
Stock Number PB85-102986
Additional Subjects Flow visualization ; Atmospheric circulation ; Topography ; Model tests ; Simulation ; Flow distribution ; Valleys ; Stratification ; Dyes ; Froude number ;
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NTIS  PB85-102986 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
Stable atmospheric flow over a ridge and a valley was simulated in a large towing tank filled with stratified salt water. Flow visualization experiments were conducted using colored dye streamers and 10 cm high models with sinusoidal cross-sections. These experiments provided qualitative data on the structure of the flow field over the ridges and within the valley. They also provided quantitative data on the height of the dividing streamline which separates the fluid that flows over a ridge from that which flows around the ends. These data agree with an existing theory based upon the potential energy barrier associated with flow over the ridge.