Direct numerical simulations of bifurcations in an air-filled rotating baroclinic annulus

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 561, Issue , 2006, Pages 359-389

  Randriamampianina, Anthony ^a   Früh, Wolf Gerrit ^b   Read, Peter L ^c   Maubert, Pierre ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CHAOS THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; STEADY FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

BAROCLINIC ANNULUS; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; GEOSTROPHIC TURBULENCE; MODULATED AMPLITUDE VACILLATION;

ROTATIONAL FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CHAOS THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ROTATIONAL FLOW; STEADY FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; BIFURCATION; CHAOS THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ROTATING FLUID; BAROTROPIC MOTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEATING; OCEAN WAVE; ROTATING FLOW; SIMULATION; STEADY FLOW; TURBULENCE;

BAROCLINIC ANNULUS; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; GEOSTROPHIC TURBULENCE; MODULATED AMPLITUDE VACILLATION;

EID: 33747060717     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006000711     Document Type: Article

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