On the contribution of coherent vortices to the two-dimensional inverse energy cascade

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 529, Issue , 2005, Pages 97-116

  Babiano, Armando ^a   Dubos, Thomas ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; KINEMATICS; KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENT FLOW;

COHERENT VORTICES; ENERGY CASCADE; INVERSE ENERGY TRANSFER;

VORTEX FLOW;

FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 18644362648     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112004003271     Document Type: Article

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