Weak- and strong-turbulence regimes of the Hasegawa-Mima equation

Technical Report · Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5689545· OSTI ID:5689545

Ottaviani, M; Krommes, J A

A Kolmogorov-type analysis of the energy- and enstrophy-cascading ranges of the forced Hasegawa-Mima equation allows one to derive a criterion for the threshold of the transition between the weak turbulence and the strong turbulence regimes. It is found that, due to the inverse energy cascade, the large-scale portion of the inertial range is in the strong turbulence regime in the limit of infinite Reynolds-like numbers.

• Research Organization: Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03073
• OSTI ID: 5689545
• Report Number(s): PPPL-2826; ON: DE92008652
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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