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Rossby number
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Rossby number [′rȯs·bē ‚nəm·bər]
(fluid mechanics)
The nondimensional ratio of the inertial force to the Coriolis force for a given flow of a rotating fluid, given asR0=U/fL,whereUis a characteristic velocity,fthe Coriolis parameter (or, if the system is cylindrical rather than spherical, twice the system's rotation rate), andLa characteristic length.


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