Solution Exercise 6
Kf = 10 m d−1, which is 1.2 × 10−4 m s−1, so with
The Rayleigh number can be calculated as
Where it was assumed that D = DC = 5.0 × 10−10 m2 s−1 and the representative density values for fresh water and seawater were taken as provided in the text of this book.