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Theory and modeling of atmospheric turbulence, part 2Two dimensional geostrophic turbulence driven by a random force is investigated. Based on the Liouville equation, which simulates the primitive hydrodynamical equations, a group-kinetic theory of turbulence is developed and the kinetic equation of the scaled singlet distribution is derived. The kinetic equation is transformed into an equation of spectral balance in the equilibrium and non-equilibrium states. Comparison is made between the propagators and the Green's functions in the case of the non-asymptotic quasi-linear equation to prove the equivalence of both kinds of approximations used to describe perturbed trajectories of plasma turbulence. The microdynamical state of fluid turbulence is described by a hydrodynamical system and transformed into a master equation analogous to the Vlasov equation for plasma turbulence. The spectral balance for the velocity fluctuations of individual components shows that the scaled pressure strain correlation and the cascade transfer are two transport functions that play the most important roles.
Document ID
19840021329
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Authors
Chen, C. M.
(City Coll. Research Foundation New York, NY, United States)
Date Acquired
September 4, 2013
Publication Date
August 1, 1984
Publication Information
Publisher: NASA
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Report/Patent Number
NASA-CR-3817
NAS 1.26:3817
Report Number: NASA-CR-3817
Report Number: NAS 1.26:3817
Accession Number
84N29398
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS8-34622
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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