Effect of horizontal divergence on the geostrophic turbulence on a beta-plane: Suppression of the Rhines effect

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 56-65

  Okuno, A ^a   Masuda, A ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ENERGY; SURFACE WAVES; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

BAROTROPIFICATION;

TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERE; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; OCEAN; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0037277896     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1524188     Document Type: Article

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