Spectral anisotropy in forced two-dimensional turbulence on a rotating sphere

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3834-3842

  Nozawa, Toru ^a   Yoden, Shigeo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0003231628     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869518     Document Type: Article

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