Abstract
In decaying two-dimensional Navier–Stokes turbulence, Batchelor's similarity hypothesis fails due to the existence of coherent vortices. However, it is shown that decaying two-dimensional turbulence governed by the Charney–Hasegawa–Mima (CHM) equation(∂/∂t)(∇2φ−λ2φ) +J(φ, ∇2φ) = D,where D is a damping, is described well by Batchelor's similarity hypothesis for wave numbers k [Lt ] λ (the so-called AM regime). It is argued that CHM turbulence in the AM regime is a more ‘ideal’ form of two-dimensional turbulence than is Navier–Stokes turbulence itself.
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