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Statistical description of anisotropic and inhomogeneous turbulence

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Statistical functions such as correlation functions and spectra yield length scales, each of which describes a certain aspect of the large-scale structure of turbulence. In this study not only statistics of wind fluctuations measured at the same place have been analysed but also statistics of fluctuations at different heights. Thus a spatial picture of the energy-containing and the momentum-transporting eddies has been obtained and some features of the momentum transport are described.

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Hennemuth, B. Statistical description of anisotropic and inhomogeneous turbulence. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 15, 489–506 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00120610

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