Turbulent diffusion in the geostrophic inverse cascade

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 469, Issue , 2002, Pages 13-48

  Smith, K S ^a   Boccaletti, G ^a   Henning, C C ^a   Marinov, I ^a   Tam, C Y ^a   Held, I M ^a   Vallis, G K ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FRICTION; HEAT TRANSFER; TURBULENCE;

TURBULENT ENERGY;

FLUID MECHANICS;

CASCADE; DIFFUSION; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0037174682     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112002001763     Document Type: Article

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