A model for layer formation in stably stratified turbulence

DOI10.1063/1.1344182zbMath1184.76597OpenAlexW1964476205MaRDI QIDQ3555400

Alan R. Kerstein, Scott Wunsch

Publication date: 22 April 2010

Published in: Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1344182

zbMATH Keywords

stochastic processesturbulencedensitystratified flow

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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• Scaling laws for layer formation in stably-stratified turbulent flows
• Dynamics of interfaces and layers in a stratified turbulent fluid
• Experimental evidence for a new instability of a vertical columnar vortex pair in a strongly stratified fluid
• One-dimensional turbulence: model formulation and application to homogeneous turbulence, shear flows, and buoyant stratified flows

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