Dispersion in a quasi-two-dimensional-turbulent flow: An experimental study

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 209-214

  Cardoso, O ^a   Gluckmann, B ^a,b   Parcollet, O ^a   Tabeling, P ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION; PASSURE; TRACERS; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0029657004     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.868828     Document Type: Article

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