Impeded inverse energy transfer in the Charney-Hasegawa-Mima model of quasi-geostrophic flows

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 551, Issue , 2006, Pages 435-443

  Tran, Chuong V ^a   Dritschel, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

CHARNEY-HASEGAWA-MIMA MODEL; INVERSE ENERGY TRANSFER; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOWS;

ENERGY TRANSFER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

FREE SURFACE FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL ENERGY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; ROSSBY NUMBER; SIMULATION; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTICITY;

EID: 33646791856     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112005008384     Document Type: Article

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