Turbulence energetics in stably stratified geophysical flows: Strong and weak mixing regimes

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 134, Issue 633 B, 2008, Pages 793-799

  Zilitinkevich, Sergie S ^a,b,c   Elperin, T ^d   Kleeorin, N ^d   Rogachevskii, I ^d   Esau, I ^c   Mauritsen, T ^e   Miles, M V ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f Environmental System Analysis Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Momentum transfer; Richardson number; Stable and very stable stratification; Turbulent energies; Turbulent prandtl number

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; FLUID MECHANICS; MIXING; TURBULENCE; BUDGET CONTROL; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETIC ENERGY; MIXED CONVECTION; PRANDTL NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW;

BUDGET EQUATION; BUOYANCY FORCING; BUOYANCY GRADIENT; CRITICAL VALUES; GEOPHYSICAL FLOWS; HEAT TRANSFER; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; RICHARDSON NUMBER; STABLE AND VERY STABLE STRATIFICATION; STABLE STRATIFICATION; TURBULENT ENERGIES; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENT PRANDTL NUMBER; VELOCITY SHEAR; VISCOUS DISSIPATION; WEAK MIXING; BUDGET EQUATIONS; BUOYANCY FORCES; BUOYANCY GRADIENTS; DEEP OCEANS; ENERGY ANALYSIS; FREE FLOWS; INSTABILITY THRESHOLDS; LAMINAR REGIMES; RICHARDSON NUMBERS; STABLE STRATIFICATIONS; TOTAL ENERGIES; TURBULENCE CLOSURES; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGIES; TURBULENT REGIMES; TYPICAL VALUES; VELOCITY SHEARS; VISCOUS DISSIPATIONS;

KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENCE;

FREE SURFACE FLOW; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETIC ENERGY; LAMINAR FLOW; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENT MIXING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ENERGY BUDGET; POTENTIAL ENERGY; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 48649085719     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.264     Document Type: Article

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