Cascade inequalities for forced-dissipated geostrophic turbulence

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1470-1487

  Arbic, Brian K ^a   Flierl, Glenn R ^b   Scott, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROTROPIC FLOW; EKMAN FRICTION; GEOSTROPHIC TURBULENCE; KINETIC ENERGY FLUX; UNSTABLE MEAN FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORIOLIS FORCE; FRICTION; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

BAROCLINIC MODE; BAROTROPIC MODE; BOTTOM FRICTION; EDDY; EKMAN LAYER; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; KINETIC ENERGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 34447570622     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO3067.1     Document Type: Article

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