Non-gaussian probability density functions of small-scale fluctuations in a stably stratified medium

Fluid Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 46, Issue , 1998, Pages 465-468

  Alisse, J R ^a   Sidi, C ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cold Wire; Dynamical Regime; Inertial Subrange; Stationary Probability Density; Wavelength Band

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343041306     PISSN: 09265112     EISSN: 22150056     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-5118-4_116     Document Type: Article

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