Recent Developments in Understanding Two-dimensional Turbulence and the Nastrom-Gage Spectrum

Authors

Eleftherios Gkioulekas, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow
Ka Kit Tung

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-2006

Abstract

Two-dimensional turbulence appears to be a more formidable problem than three-dimensional turbulence despite the numerical advantage of working with one less dimension. In the present paper we review recent numerical investigations of the phenomenology of two-dimensional turbulence as well as recent theoretical breakthroughs by various leading researchers. We also review efforts to reconcile the observed energy spectrum of the atmosphere (the spectrum) with the predictions of two-dimensional turbulence and quasigeostrophic turbulence.

Comments

Original published version available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-006-9239-z

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Recommended Citation

Gkioulekas, E., Tung, KK. Recent Developments in Understanding Two-dimensional Turbulence and the Nastrom–Gage Spectrum. J Low Temp Phys 145, 25–57 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-006-9239-z

Publication Title

Journal of Low Temperature Physics

DOI

10.1007/s10909-006-9239-z