Rossby regime
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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