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In this chapter we will consider the behavior of foreign material released into fluids bounded below by a horizontal, uniform surface whose temperature is greater than that of the fluid. In this state, thermal energy acquired by fluid in contact with the surface results In a decrease in the density of this fluid; and therefore, in the presence of a gravitational field, potential energy is acquired which puts the fluid system as a whole in a state of unstable equilibrium (hence the common terminology unstably stratified fluid).
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© 1984 D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland
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Lamb, R.G. (1984). Diffusion in the Convective Boundary Layer. In: Nieuwstadt, F.T.M., van Dop, H. (eds) Atmospheric Turbulence and Air Pollution Modelling. Atmospheric Sciences Library, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9112-1_5
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