Measurements and analysis of the turbulent Schmidt number in density stratified turbulence

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Huq, Pablo ^a   Stewart, Edward J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Visual Numerics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXED CONVECTION; TUNNELS; TURBULENCE;

DATA SETS; DYNAMICAL BALANCES; EDDY ADVECTIONS; MEASUREMENT LOCATIONS; RICHARDSON NUMBERS; SCHMIDT NUMBERS; SINGLE POINTS; STRATIFIED TURBULENCES; STRATIFIED WATERS; STRONG STRATIFICATIONS; TIME-SCALES; TURBULENCE CLOSURES; TURBULENCE GENERATIONS; TWO PARAMETERS;

SCANDIUM;

ADVECTION; DATA SET; EDDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LAMINAR FLOW; RICHARDSON NUMBER; TURBULENCE; TURNOVER; VISCOSITY;

EID: 60149106896     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036056     Document Type: Article

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