The transition from geostrophic to stratified turbulence

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 568, Issue , 2006, Pages 89-108

  Waite, Michael L ^a,b   Bartello, Peter ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; ROTATIONAL FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

FROUDE NUMBER; ROSSBY NUMBERS; STRATIFIED TURBULENCE; VORTICAL MOTION;

TURBULENT FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; ROTATIONAL FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; FLOW MODELING; FROUDE NUMBER; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; ROSSBY NUMBER; SIMULATION; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENCE; VORTICITY;

EID: 33750985050     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006002060     Document Type: Article

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