Diffusion in stably stratified turbulence

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 328, Issue , 1996, Pages 253-269

  Kimura, Y ^a,b,c   Herring, J R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; VISCOUS FLOW;

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS (DNS); LANGEVIN MODEL; STABLY STRATIFIED TURBULENCE; VORTICITY;

TURBULENT FLOW;

DIFFUSION; SIMULATION-NUMERICAL; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0030438794     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096008713     Document Type: Article

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