Suppression of vertical diffusion in strongly stratified turbulence

DOI10.1017/S0022112099007041zbMath0954.76033OpenAlexW2029253086MaRDI QIDQ4489297

Takaki Ishida, Yukio Kaneda

Publication date: 8 February 2001

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112099007041

zbMATH Keywords

linearized approximationspectral approximationFourier modesphase mixingdiffusion of passive scalarstratified turbulenceCorrsin's conjectureEulerian two-time correlationLagrangian two-time correlation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Diffusion (76R50) Turbulent transport, mixing (76F25) Stratification effects in turbulence (76F45)

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