The effect of small-scale forcing on large-scale structures in two-dimensional flows

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 98, Issue 2-4, 1996, Pages 321-334

  Chekhlov, Alexei ^a   Orszag, Steven A ^a   Sukoriansky, Semion ^b   Galperin, Boris ^c   Staroselsky, Ilya ^d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Cambridge Hydrodynamics Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Eddy viscosity; Geophysics; Stabilized negative viscosity; Zonal jets; plane turbulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000595980     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-2789(96)00102-9     Document Type: Article

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