gnome.utilities.weathering.stokes

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Stokes

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class gnome.utilities.weathering.stokes.Stokes

Bases: object

static water_phase_xfer_velocity(oil_water_rho_delta, diameter)

water phase transfer velocity k_w (m/s)

This assumes spherical droplets with a diameter < 400 microns.

Bigger droplets will be distorted and rise more rapidly, and they are presumed to rise so quickly that little dissolution takes place for them except as part of the dissolution from the surface slick.

Parameters:

• oil_water_rho_delta – density difference (unit-less)

• diameter – droplet diameter (m)

Returns:

transfer velocity (m/s)