Coherent vortices and tracer cascades in two-dimensional turbulence

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 574, Issue , 2007, Pages 429-448

  Babiano, Armando ^a   Provenzale, Antonello ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASCADES (FLUID MECHANICS); INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; TURBULENT FLOW; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY;

ENSTROPHY; PASSIVE-TRACER;

TURBULENCE;

CASCADES (FLUID MECHANICS); INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY;

INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; TRACER; TURBULENCE; VORTICITY;

EID: 33847079287     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006004265     Document Type: Article

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