Tracer transport along and across coherent jets in two-dimensional turbulent flow

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 544, Issue , 2005, Pages 133-142

  Smith, K Shafer ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

NON-ZONAL FLOW; SHEAR DISPERSION; TRACER TRANSPORT; TWO DIMENSIONAL TURBULENT FLOW;

FLOW OF WATER;

JET FLOW; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 28644443321     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112005006750     Document Type: Article

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