Intermittency in the two-dimensional inverse cascade of energy: Experimental observations

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3126-3136

  Paret, Jérôme ^a   Tabeling, Patrick ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

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EID: 0000163952     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869840     Document Type: Article

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