Dissipation-range geometry and scalar spectra in sheared stratified turbulence
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Publication:4489307
DOI10.1017/S0022112099006734zbMath0968.76027MaRDI QIDQ4489307
Publication date: 18 September 2001
Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)
dissipation rangemean compression rate of scalar gradientspassive scalar spectrumsheared stratified turbulence
Shear flows and turbulence (76F10) Direct numerical and large eddy simulation of turbulence (76F65) Stratification effects in turbulence (76F45)
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