Linear processes in unsteady stably stratified turbulence

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 318, Issue , 1996, Pages 303-337

  Hanazaki, H ^a,b   Hunt, J C R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRANDTL NUMBER; THREE DIMENSIONAL; UNSTEADY FLOW;

COUNTERGRADIENT FLUX; LINEAR RAPID DISTORTION THEORY; STRATIFICATION EFFECTS; UNSHEARED STRATIFIED TURBULENCE; UNSTEADY TURBULENCE;

TURBULENCE;

STRATIFIED FLOW;

EID: 0030185149     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096007136     Document Type: Article

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