Generation of slow large scales in forced rotating stratified turbulence

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 451, Issue , 2002, Pages 145-168

  Smith, Leslie M ^a   Waleffe, Fabian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITATION; TURBULENCE;

ROTATIONAL AXIS;

FLUID MECHANICS;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; ROTATING FLOW; STRATIFIED FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0037168894     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022112001006309     Document Type: Article

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