Coherent flow structures at Earth's surface

Coherent flow structures at Earth's surface

by Venditti, Jeremy G.

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"The book will review recent progress in the study of the turbulent flows that sculpt the Earth's surface, focusing in particular on the organized structures that have been identified in recent years within turbulent flows"--

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Coherent flow structures at Earth's surface / edited by Jeremy G. Venditti [and others].

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"The book will review recent progress in the study of the turbulent flows that sculpt the Earth's surface, focusing in particular on the organized structures that have been identified in recent years within turbulent flows"--

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2013.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Wiley-Blackwell
  • Place of Publication:Hoboken, NJ
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2013.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781118527221, 1118527224, 9781118527191, 1118527194, 9781118527177, 1118527178, 9781118527214, 1118527216, 1119962773, 9781119962779
  • oclc:ocn844790175
  • LC Classification:TA357.5.T87
  • Dewey Decimal:551.3

Table of Contents

Coherent Flow Structures at Earth's Surface; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; About the Companion Website; 1 What is a Coherent Flow Structure in Geophysical Flow?; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 From random turbulence to coherent flow structures; 1.3 Coherent flow structures in low Reynolds-number flows over smooth boundaries; 1.4 Large-scale, high Reynolds-number coherent flow structures; 1.5 Does scale matter?; 1.6 What is the difference between the mean flow and CFS?; 1.7 Coherent flow structures within geophysical flows: future research needs; References.

2 Structure of Turbulent Boundary Layers2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Eddy structures; 2.2.1 Near-wall quasi-streamwise vortices; 2.2.2 Hairpins and hairpin vortex packets; 2.2.3 Large-scale motions; 2.2.4 Very large-scale motions; 2.3 Interactions of eddies on different scales; 2.4 Extracting coherent structure from geophysical flows; 2.5 Conclusions; 2.6 Acknowledgements; References; 3 Structural Attributes of Turbulent Flow over a Complex Topography; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Experiments; 3.3 Results; 3.3.1 Instantaneous velocity fields; 3.3.2 Single-point statistics.

3.3.3 Two-point velocity correlations3.4 Discussion; 3.5 Conclusi…

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Subjects

Llibres electrònics SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences Turbulence Turbulència

Writers

Venditti, Jeremy G.

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