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Third-order structure function relations for quasi-geostrophic turbulence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2007

ERIK LINDBORG
ERIK LINDBORG*
Affiliation:
Linné Flow Centre, Department of Mechanics, KTH, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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Abstract

We derive two third-order structure function relations for quasi-geostrophic turbulence, one for the forward cascade of potential enstrophy and one for the inverse cascade of energy. These relations are the counterparts of Kolmovorov's (1941) four-fifths law for the third-order longitudinal structure functions of three-dimensional turbulence.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 572 , February 2007 , pp. 255 - 260
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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