Turbulence with combined stratification and rotation: Limitations of Corrsin's hypothesis.
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The properties of one-particle and particle-pair diffusion in rotating and stratified turbulence are studied by applying the rapid distortion theory to a kinematic simulation of the Boussinesq equation with a Coriolis term. We discuss the simplified Corrsin hypothesis and restrict the validity of its predictions to pure rotation. We emphasize the existence of two tau regimes driven by very different physics when rotation is present. Particular attention is given to the locality-in-scale hypothesis for two-particle diffusion in both the horizontal and the vertical directions.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics
دوره 76 6 Pt 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007