oce (version 0.9-13)

turbulence: Grant et al. (1962) turbulence data

Description

Turbulence spectrum $phi$, as a function of wavenumber $k$ for a run starring at 0905h on October 3, 1959, with data in their Appendix 1 and graph in their Figure 9 and Appendix 1. The units are c.g.s., that is $k$ is in $cm^{-2}$ and $phi$ is in $cm^3/s^2$.

Usage

data(turbulence)

References

H. L. Grant and R. W. Stewart and A. Moilliet, 1962. Turbulence spectra from a tidal channel. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 12(2): 241-268.

Examples

library(oce)
## Recreate Fig 9 of Grant et al. (1962), with intercept
## chosen to mimic the published figure
data(turbulence)
plot(log10(turbulence$k), log10(turbulence$phi),
     xlab=expression(log[10]*k), ylab=expression(log[10]*phi), pch=20)
grid()
power <- -5/3
intercept <- -0.3
abline(intercept, power)