The authors explain the multilevel turbulent nitrogen data of a Hinkle pipe experiment at 25 degrees C using the Muriel molecular theory of turbulence and the quantum rotational energy spectrum of nitrogen. As a result, they generalize the scope of quantum turbulence at superfluid helium temperature to include room temperature turbulence data for nitrogen. (C) 2010 American Vacuum Society. [DOI: 10.1116/1.3294720]