Vertical dispersion by stratified turbulence

DOI10.1017/S0022112008003595zbMath1161.76022MaRDI QIDQ3600946

Erik Lindborg, Geert Brethouwer

Publication date: 9 February 2009

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

turbulent cascadeLagrangian structure functionadiabatic fluid particle dispersionOsborn-Cox model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stratification effects in turbulence (76F45)

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