Equatorward energy cascade, critical latitude, and the predominance of cyclonic vortices in geostraphic turbulence

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1663-1678

  Theiss, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STORMS; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW;

EQUATORS; LATITUDES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ENERGY FLUX; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; TURBULENCE; VORTEX; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 4043166103     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034<1663:EECCLA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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