Can the atmospheric kinetic energy spectrum be explained by two-dimensional turbulence?

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 388, Issue , 1999, Pages 259-288

  Lindborg, Erik ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; KINETIC THEORY OF GASES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC KINETIC ENERGY SPECTRUM; STRUCTURE FUNCTION;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

EID: 0032673434     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112099004851     Document Type: Article

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