Barotropic beta-plane turbulence in a regime with strong zonal jets revisited

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 2283-2295

  Danilov, S ^a,b   Gryanik, V M ^a,b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BAND STRUCTURE; BAROMETERS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VORTEX FLOW;

ENERGY SPECTRA; QUASI-PERIODIC ZONAL JETS; STOCHASTIC FORCING; ZONAL BANDS;

TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BAROTROPIC INSTABILITY; TURBULENCE; VORTICITY; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 5544291941     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<2283:BBTIAR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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