Task: Instance Description Understanding (ontology: Earth_Environment/SWEET)

Which of the following definitions best describes the instance 'peclet number'?

A. A relationship between the advective and diffusive components of solute transport expressed as the ratio of the product of the average interstitial velocity, times the characteristic length, divided by the coefficient of molecular diffusion; small values indicate diffusion dominance, large values indicate advection dominance.
B. The volume of water released from or taken into storage per unit volume of the porous medium per unit change in head.
C. A dimensionless number relating the ratio of inertial to Coriolis forces for a given flow of a rotating fluid.
D. The ratio of the Volume of water which the porous medium, after being saturated, will retain against the pull of gravity to the volume of the porous medium.

Answer: A relationship between the advective and diffusive components of solute transport expressed as the ratio of the product of the average interstitial velocity, times the characteristic length, divided by the coefficient of molecular diffusion; small values indicate diffusion dominance, large values indicate advection dominance.