Structure and spacing of jets in barotropic turbulence

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3652-3665

  Farrell, Brian F ^a   Ioannou, Petros J ^b  

^a Mineralogical Museum at Harvard University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; FLOW STRUCTURE; RANDOM PROCESSES; STABILITY;

BAROTROPIC TURBULENCE; SMALL-SCALE CONVECTION; STOCHASTIC STRUCTURAL STABILITY THEORY (SSST);

JETS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; FLOW STRUCTURE; JETS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STABILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; BAROCLINIC MODE; BAROTROPIC MOTION; EDDY; JET STREAM; SIMULATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; TURBULENT FLOW; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 35748937934     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS4016.1     Document Type: Article

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