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In article <29JUL199209002676@rigel.tamu.edu> s1b3832@rigel.tamu.edu (BAUM, STEVEN K) writes:
>In article <1992Jul28.014855.27248@cc.umontreal.ca>, fearnley@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Fearnley Anne) writes...
>>(I am posting this on my wife's account. Send any e-mail to me at
>>        TURNER@OSIRIS.PHY.UQAM.CA )
>> 
>>      I am a Ph.D. student trying to get a grasp of the subject of
>>coherent structures in turbulence, particularly in the atmospheric
>>surface layer. The articles are all over the place! If anyone can
>>give me some references, I will be very grateful. Wouldn't want to
>>miss some important 'thread' buried away in the literature.

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>        Also, if I remember correctly, there is a chapter about
>      coherent structures by Hussain in the recent book that
>      overviews and critiques all the major approaches to
>      turbulence entitled _Whither Turbulence?_.  Methinks
>      that John Lumley is one of the editors.  Happy trails.

     Yes, Lumley (basically the father of coherent structures)
     is the editor.  It is a very good book from Springer-Verlag.
     There is a good section on coherent structures by people like
     Hussain and Bradshaw.

     You might also want to look up other papers by Lumley:

     "Coherent structures in turbulence",  In Transition and Turbulence
     edited by R. Meyer and "The state of turbulence research", in Advances
     in Turbulence edited by K. George and R. Arndt.

     In these papers and the ones mentioned by the previous poster,
     one can get a much better feel for the importance and applicability
     of the research, probably, than is likely from this type of forum.

     If this seems to fail, you could always give Lumley a call and see if he 
     will talk to you for a couple of minutes.

     Good luck.

                                 dale bass
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