Ekman number

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Ekman number

Summary

Ekman number ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Vagn Walfrid Ekman is named after Ekman number[2].
  • Ekman number's subclass of is recorded as characteristic number[3].
  • Ekman number's subclass of is recorded as dimensionless number in fluid mechanics[4].
  • Ekman number's subclass of is recorded as criterion of similarity[5].
  • Ekman number's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02f3pw[6].
  • Ekman number's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-11:2019 Quantities and units — Part 11: Characteristic numbers[7].
  • Ekman number's defining formula is recorded as \mathit{Ek} = \frac{\nu}{2 l^2 \omega_{\mathrm{E}} \sin{\varphi}}[8].
  • Ekman number's defining formula is recorded as \mathit{Ek} = \frac{\mathit{Ro}}{\mathit{Re}}[9].
  • Ekman number's ISQ dimension is recorded as 1[10].
  • Ekman number's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[11].
  • Ekman number's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Fluid dynamics[12].
  • Ekman number's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 41525736[13].
  • Ekman number's in defining formula is recorded as \mathit{Ek}[14].
  • Ekman number's in defining formula is recorded as \nu[15].
  • Ekman number's in defining formula is recorded as l[16].
  • Ekman number's in defining formula is recorded as \omega_{\mathrm{E}}[17].
  • Ekman number's in defining formula is recorded as \varphi[18].
  • Ekman number's in defining formula is recorded as \mathit{Ro}[19].
  • Ekman number's in defining formula is recorded as \mathit{Re}[20].
  • Ekman number's Wolfram Language quantity ID is recorded as EkmanNumber[21].
  • Ekman number's quantity symbol is recorded as \mathit{Ek}[22].
  • Ekman number's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as 1[23].
  • Ekman number's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C41525736[24].

Why It Matters

Ekman number ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . ISO 80000-11:2019 Quantities and units — Part 11: Characteristic numbers. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . ISO 80000-11:2019 Quantities and units — Part 11: Characteristic numbers. wikidata.org.
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  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . ISO 80000-11:2019 Quantities and units — Part 11: Characteristic numbers. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . ISO 80000-11:2019 Quantities and units — Part 11: Characteristic numbers. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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