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Coupling between internal gravity waves and small scale turbulence is studied using two complementary approaches: waves as an energy source for turbulence and turbulence as a wave damping process. We show that random occurence of turbulent patches may lead to turbulent saturation of stable waves and spectral effects of this process are discussed. A few facts observed in the free troposphere and lower stratosphere by in situ experiments and pertinent to that dicussion are summarized.
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Sidi, C. (1993). Waves-Turbulence Coupling. In: Thrane, E.V., Blix, T.A., Fritts, D.C. (eds) Coupling Processes in the Lower and Middle Atmosphere. NATO ASI Series, vol 387. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1594-0_19
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