Fox and McDonald's Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
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Chapter 2, Problem 15P
The flow of air near the Earth’s surface is affected both by the wind and thermal currents. In certain circumstances the velocity field can be represented by
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Fox and McDonald's Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
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