Statistical modelling and direct numerical simulations of decaying stably stratified turbulence. Part 2. Large-scale and small-scale anisotropy (Q4465385)

[For part I see the authors, ibid. 360, 295--340 (1998; Zbl 0920.76035).] The authors investigate stably stratified freely decaying turbulence, both from the point of view of direct numerical simulations (DNS) and that of two-point statistical modelling. The simulations have been performed using large initial potential energy conditions, at variance with grid-turbulence laboratory experiments. This initial condition, designed to validate the statistical model, appears to yield results comparable to those stemming from DNS with zero initial potential energy. The mixing properties of the flow are also investigated. All results agree very well with laboratory experiments on stably stratified grid turbulence, though the initial condition used by the authors is different from the flow just behind the grid.