 Ozmidov length (source code)

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= Ozmidov length
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{title2=$\ell_{\rm Oz}=(\epsilon/N^3)^{1/2}$}

Equating an inertial eddy turnover time to the inverse <buoyancy frequency> gives the scale separating buoyancy-affected motions from a smaller approximately isotropic cascade. It is distinct from the viscous <Kolmogorov microscales>. In very stable local surface-layer scaling it is proportional to the <Obukhov length>, up to closure constants.

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