Rossby regime

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Rossby regime [′rȯs·bē ri‚zhēm]

(fluid mechanics)

A type of flow pattern in a rotating fluid with differential radial heating in which the major radial transport of shear and momentum is effected by horizontal eddies of low wave-number; this regime occurs for low values of the Rossby number (of the order of 0.1).

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