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In atmospheric dynamics, oceanography, asteroseismology and geophysics, the Brunt–Väisälä frequency, or buoyancy frequency, is the angular frequency at which a vertically displaced parcel will oscillate within a statically stable environment. It is named after David Brunt and Vilho Väisälä. ==Derivation for a general fluid== Consider a parcel of (water or gas) that has density of and the environment with a density that is a function of height: . If the parcel is displaced by a small vertical increment , it will be subject to an extra gravitational force against its surroundings of: : g is the gravitational acceleration, and is defined to be positive. We make a linear approximation to , and move to the RHS: : The above 2nd order differential equation has straightforward solutions of: : where the Brunt–Väisälä frequency ''N'' is: : For negative , z' has oscillating solutions (and N gives our angular frequency). If it is positive, then there is run away growth – i.e. the fluid is statically unstable. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brunt–Väisälä frequency」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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