Robust and leaky transport barriers in unstable baroclinic flows

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Esler, J Gavin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; OCEAN CURRENTS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; TOKAMAK DEVICES; VORTEX FLOW;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENTS; BAROCLINIC FLOWS; DYNAMICAL CONSTRAINTS; DYNAMICAL THEORY; EXTRATROPICAL TROPOPAUSE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC; TRANSPORT BARRIER;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

EID: 57149088468     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3013631     Document Type: Article

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