Inverse energy cascade in two-dimensional turbulence: Deviations from Gaussian behavior

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2000, Pages

  Boffetta, G ^a   Celani, A ^a,b   Vergassola, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

GAUSSIAN BEHAVIOR; HIGH-RESOLUTION NUMERICAL SIMULATION; INVERSE ENERGY CASCADES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RELIABLE MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL CONVERGENCE; TWO DIMENSIONAL TURBULENCE; VELOCITY DIFFERENCE;

TURBULENCE;

EID: 0001891382     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/physreve.61.r29     Document Type: Article

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