In viscid quasi-geostrophic flow over topography: Testing statistical mechanical theory

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 309, Issue , 1996, Pages 85-91

  Merryfield, William J ^a   Holloway, Greg ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIMULATION-NUMERICAL; STEADY FLOW; WIND FIELDS-GEOSTROPIC;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOPHYSICS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; VECTORS; VELOCITY; VORTEX FLOW;

INVISCID QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; TOPOGRAPHY; VORTICITY;

TURBULENCE;

EID: 0030071983     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096001565     Document Type: Article

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