On the double cascades of energy and enstrophy in two-dimensional turbulence Part 2. Approach to the KLB limit and interpretation of experimental evidence

Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series B

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 103-124

  Gkioulekas, Eleftherios ^a   Tung, Ka Kit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

2d turbulence; Energy; Enstrophy; QG turbulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 15844425232     PISSN: 15313492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/dcdsb.2005.5.103     Document Type: Article

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