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On the vertical transport of a passive scalar in a stratified medium

  • Part IV Stratified and Inhomogeneous Flows
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Small-Scale Structures in Three-Dimensional Hydrodynamic and Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence

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Vertical transport is reduced in a fluid stratified along the vertical direction, and this effect is generally ascribed to suppression of vertical modes by stratification. An additional mechanism, discussed in this paper, consists in inhibition of vertical transport by horizontal homogeneization. Though this mechanism, three-dimensional modes which have not been suppressed are made ineffective for vertical transport.

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  1. CERCA, 5160 bd Décarie, H3X 2H9, Montréal, Québec, Canada

    M. Meneguzzi, A. Vincent & G. Michaud

  2. Département de Physique, Université de Montréal, Succ A, CP 6128, Montréal, Québec, Canada

    M. Meneguzzi, A. Vincent & G. Michaud

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  1. M. Meneguzzi
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Maurice Meneguzzi Annick Pouquet Pierre-Louis Sulem

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Meneguzzi, M., Vincent, A., Michaud, G. (1995). On the vertical transport of a passive scalar in a stratified medium. In: Meneguzzi, M., Pouquet, A., Sulem, PL. (eds) Small-Scale Structures in Three-Dimensional Hydrodynamic and Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 462. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0102418

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