Small-scale spectrum of a scalar field in water: The Batchelor and Kraichnan models

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2155-2167

  Sanchez, Xavier ^a   Roget, Elena ^a   Planella, Jesus ^a   Forcat, Francesc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BATCHELOR MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; KRAICHNAN MODEL; MEASURED DATA; RATE OF DISSIPATION; SCALAR FIELDS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; THEORETICAL MODELS; TURBULENT FLUIDS; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

KINETIC ENERGY; THERMAL GRADIENTS; TURBULENCE;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

DISSIPATION; KINETIC ENERGY; LAKE; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 84856083102     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-025.1     Document Type: Article

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