On the accuracy of simulations of turbulence

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Wan, M ^a   Oughton, S ^b   Servidio, S ^c   Matthaeus, W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHER ORDER; KOLMOGOROV; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION RATE; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OVER SAMPLING; RECONNECTION RATE; RESOLUTION REQUIREMENTS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STATISTICAL QUANTITY;

IMAGE RESOLUTION; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOPLASMA; TURBULENCE;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 77956334361     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3474957     Document Type: Article

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