Stratified turbulence: A possible interpretation of some geophysical turbulence measurements

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2416-2424

  Riley, James J ^a   Lindborg, Erik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; GEOPHYSICS; TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC DATA; DYNAMIC RANGES; GEOPHYSICAL FLOWS; GEOPHYSICAL TURBULENCE; KOLMOGOROV; LENGTH SCALING; STRATIFIED FLOWS; STRATIFIED TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; MODELING; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 52049122392     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2455.1     Document Type: Article

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