Stratified turbulence dominated by vortical motion

DOI10.1017/S0022112004000977zbMath1063.76044OpenAlexW2116091942MaRDI QIDQ4670036

Michael Waite, Peter Bartello

Publication date: 15 April 2005

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112004000977

zbMATH Keywords

Brunt-Väisälä frequencyvertical decouplingvortical energy spectra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Meteorology and atmospheric physics (86A10) Stratification effects in turbulence (76F45)

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