Turbulence generation and measurement: Application to studies on plankton

Scientia Marina

Volumn 61, Issue SUPPL.1, 1997, Pages 205-228

  Peters, Francesc ^a   Redondo, José M ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Couette cylinders; Energy dissipation rate; Grid generated turbulence; Hot wire anemometry; Integral length; Kolmogorov microscales; Laboratory experiments; Laboratory generated vs. oceanic turbulence; Plankton; Small scale turbulence; Spectral density

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; LABORATORY STUDIES; MARINE ORGANISM; PLANKTON; TURBULENCE; TURBULENCE GENERATION; TURBULENCE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0031413817     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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