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The single most useful measure of the intensity of turbulence is the turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) per unit mass, defined as \( \frac{1}{2}\overline {{u_i}^{{'2}}} \equiv \frac{1}{2}\overline {{u_i}^{'}{u_i}^{'}} \equiv \frac{1}{2}\left( {\overline {{u^{{'2}}} + {\upsilon^{{'2}}} + {w^{{'2}}}} } \right) \).
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Blackadar, A.K. (1997). The Energy Equation of Turbulence. In: Turbulence and Diffusion in the Atmosphere. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60481-2_4
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