Upscale energy transfer in thick turbulent fluid layers

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 321-324

  Xia, H ^a   Byrne, D ^a   Falkovich, G ^b   Shats, M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS; HORIZONTAL GRADIENTS; LARGE-SCALE VORTICES; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; SMALL SCALE TURBULENCE; SPECTRAL CONDENSATION; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); VERTICAL GRADIENTS;

ENERGY TRANSFER;

EID: 79953707185     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1910     Document Type: Article

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