A closure method for random advection of a passive scalar

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1472-1484

  Gleeson, James P ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TRACER; VELOCITY;

EID: 0034120411     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.870396     Document Type: Article

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