Mean shear flows, zonal flows, and generalized Kelvin–Helmholtz modes in drift wave turbulence: A minimal model for L→H transition
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عنوان ژورنال: Physics of Plasmas
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1070-664X,1089-7674
DOI: 10.1063/1.1559006