Transition to geostrophic turbulence in the laboratory, and as a paradigm in atmospheres and oceans

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 265-317

  Read, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baroclinic; Barotropic; Energy cascades; Geophysical fluid dynamics; Geostrophic turbulence; Inertial ranges; Instability; Predictability

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TURBULENT FLOW;

GEOSTROPIC TURBULENCE;

TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; OCEANOGRAPHY; TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0035685484     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013790802740     Document Type: Article

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