2006/08/27 by Eleftherios Gkioulekas, Ka-Kit Tung, Ka Kit Tung · 28 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics #Atmospheric aerosols and clouds #Classical mechanics #Energy spectrum #K-epsilon turbulence model #K-omega turbulence model #Mechanics #Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations #Phenomenology (philosophy) #Physics #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #Statistical physics #Turbulence #Turbulence modeling #nlin.CD
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/s10909-006-9239-z
published in Journal of Low Temperature Physics 145(1-4), 25-57 (Springer Science+Business Media) · Invited review; accepted by J. Low Temp. Phys.; Proceedings for Warwick Turbulence Symposium Workshop on Universal features in turbulence: from quantum to cosmological scales, 2005
arxiv created 2006/08/27 · openalex publication_date 2006/12/04 · arxiv updated 2010/11/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
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 quasi-geostrophic turbulence.