Scaling, spectra and zonal jets in beta-plane turbulence

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2592-2603

  Danilov, Sergey ^a,b   Gurarie, David ^c  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Institute of Atmospheric Physics   (Russian Federation)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CASCADES (FLUID MECHANICS); JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VORTEX FLOW;

INVERSE ENERGY CASCADES; QUASIGEOSTROPHIC MODELS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

CORIOLIS FORCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; SCALING; TURBULENCE;

EID: 3242725838     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1752928     Document Type: Article

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