Some problems and issues in geophysical turbulence

Fluid Dynamics Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 363-373

  Herring, Jackson R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY WAVES; RANDOM PROCESSES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

GEOPHYSICAL FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; METEOROLOGY; TURBULENCE; WIND;

EID: 0032811872     PISSN: 01695983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5983(99)00006-4     Document Type: Article

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