Estimating intermittency exponent in neutrally stratified atmospheric surface layer flows: A robust framework based on magnitude cumulant and surrogate analyses

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Basu, Sukanta ^a   Foufoula Georgiou, Efi ^b   Lashermes, Bruno ^b   Arnéodo, Alain ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TURBULENT FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; INTERMITTENCY COEFFICIENT; MAGNITUDE CUMULANT; SURROGATE ANALYSES;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 36849093308     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2786001     Document Type: Article

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