Active and passive scalar intermittent statistics in turbulent atmospheric convection

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 241, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 251-259

  Mazzitelli, Irene ^a   Lanotte, Alessandra S ^b,c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Scienze dell'Atmosfera e del Clima   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI LECCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Convection; Intermittency; Mixing; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; HEAT CONVECTION; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXING; NATURAL CONVECTION; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY;

ANOMALOUS SCALING; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOUSSINESQ EQUATIONS; CONSTANT VALUES; CONVECTIVE FLOW; INTERMITTENCY; SCALING EXPONENT; TRACER CONCENTRATION;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84655167562     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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