@article{ISI:000268597900005, abstract = {We present an introductory overview of several challenging problems in the statistical characterization of turbulence. We provide examples from fluid turbulence in three and two dimensions, from the turbulent advection of passive scalars, turbulence in the one-dimensional Burgers equation, and fluid turbulence in the presence of polymer additives.}, author = {Pandit, Rahul and Perlekar, Prasad and Ray, Samriddhi Sankar}, doi = {10.1007/s12043-009-0096-6}, eissn = {0973-7111}, issn = {0304-4289}, journal = {PRAMANA-JOURNAL OF PHYSICS}, month = {JUL}, number = {1, SI}, pages = {157-191}, times-cited = {29}, title = {Statistical properties of turbulence: An overview}, unique-id = {ISI:000268597900005}, volume = {73}, year = {2009} }