thermal Rossby number
thermal Rossby number
[′thər·məl ′rȯs·bē ‚nəm·bər] (fluid mechanics)
The nondimensional ratio of the inertial force due to the thermal wind and the Coriolis force in the flow of a fluid which is heated from below.
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