The role of boundary conditions in the simulations of rotationg, stratified turbulence

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 92, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 233-253

  Dritschel, David G ^a   Macaskill, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Boundary conditions; Contour dynamics; Potential vorticity; Quasi geostrophic turbulence

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ROTATING FLOW; STRATIFIED FLUID; TURBULENCE;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ROTATING FLUID; STRATIFIED FLUID; TURBULENCE;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW;

CONTOUR DYNAMICS; NON-MARKOVIAN CLOSURE THEORIES; POTENTIAL VORTICITY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 0034351206     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091920008203717     Document Type: Article

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