Inertial range

{
  "id": "MLC-T-MET-006523",
  "term": "Inertial range",
  "field": "Meteorology and atmospheric science",
  "definition": "A range of scales in a turbulent fluid flow where energy is transferred from larger eddies to smaller eddies without direct influence from the large-scale forcing or small-scale viscous dissipation. Within this range, the statistical properties of turbulence are considered universal and isotropic. The energy spectrum in the inertial range follows Kolmogorov's -5/3 power law, which describes how energy is distributed among eddies of different sizes.",
  "synonyms": [
    "inertial subrange"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/meteorology/inertial-range/"
}