On the formation of cyclones and anticyclones in a rotating fluid

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Sreenivasan, Binod ^a   Davidson, P A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ROTATIONAL FLOW; STORMS; TURBULENCE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES; CENTRIFUGAL FORCES; COLUMNAR STRUCTURES; COLUMNAR VORTICES; HOMOGENEOUS TURBULENCE; INTERMEDIATE REGIMES; ROTATING FLUIDS; ROTATING TURBULENCE;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 51249120676     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2966400     Document Type: Article

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