Fluctuations of large-scale jets in the stochastic 2D Euler equation
arXiv:1602.06720
Abstract
Two-dimensional turbulence in a rectangular domain self-organises into large-scale unidirectional jets. While several results are present to characterize the mean jets velocity profile, much less is known about the fluctuations. We study jets dynamics in the stochastically forced two-dimensional Euler equations. In the limit where the average jets velocity profile evolves slowly with respect to turbulent fluctuations, we employ a multi-scale (kinetic theory) approach, which relates jet dynamics to the statistics of Reynolds stresses. We study analytically the Gaussian fluctuations of Reynolds stresses and predict the spatial structure of the jets velocity covariance. Our results agree qualitatively well with direct numerical simulations, clearly showing that the jets velocity profile are enhanced away from the stationary points of the average velocity profile. A numerical test of our predictions at quantitative level seems out of reach at the present day.
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