Passive scalar in a random wave field: The weak turbulence approach

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 256, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 299-306

  Balk, Alexander M ^a   McLaughlin, Richard M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Advection; Passive scalar problem; Random waves; Turbulent diffusion; Turbulent transport; Wave turbulence

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; VELOCITY;

PASSIVE SCALARS; RANDOM WAVES; TURBULENT DIFFUSION; TURBULENT TRANSPORTS; WAVE TURBULENCE;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 0001151920     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-9601(99)00210-8     Document Type: Article

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