Transfer of energy to two-dimensional large scales in forced, rotating three-dimensional turbulence

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1608-1622

  Smith, Leslie M ^a   Waleffe, Fabian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0001357353     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.870022     Document Type: Article

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