On near resonances and symmetry breaking in forced rotating flows at moderate Rossby number

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 535, Issue , 2005, Pages 111-142

  Smith, Leslie M ^a   Lee, Youngsuk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; NUMBER THEORY; STORMS;

FOURIER SPACE; ROSSBY NUMBERS; ROTATING FLOWS; SYMMETRY BREAKING; WAVENUMBERS;

VORTEX FLOW;

FLUID MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; ROTATING FLOW;

EID: 22944479031     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112005004660     Document Type: Article

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