Universality of the Lagrangian velocity structure function constant (C0) across different kinds of turbulence

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 207-219

  Du, Shuming ^a  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

Author keywords

Inertial subrange; Lagrangian stochastic models; Lagrangian velocity; Structure function constant; Turbulent dispersion

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; MODELING; STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE;

BOUNDARY LAYER; LAGRANGIAN STOCHASTIC MODEL; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0031444506     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000216809160     Document Type: Article

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