Layer formation in horizontally forced stratified turbulence: connecting exact coherent structures to linear instabilities
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DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2017.661
Abstract: We consider turbulence in a stratified ‘Kolmogorov’ flow, driven by horizontal shear in the form of sinusoidal body forcing in the presence of an imposed background linear stable stratification in the third direction. This flow… read more here.
Keywords: formation horizontally; linear instabilities; turbulence; coherent structures ... See more keywords