Available potential energy diagnosis in a direct numerical simulation of rotating stratified turbulence

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 624, Issue , 2009, Pages 45-55

  Roullet, Guillaume ^a   Klein, Patrice ^a  

^a Centre Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR PHYSICS; TURBULENCE;

ANHARMONIC EFFECT; BACKGROUND DENSITY; DIRECT SIMULATION; LARGE VERTICAL DISPLACEMENT; MESOSCALE; PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS; ROTATING STRATIFIED FLOWS; STRATIFIED TURBULENCE;

POTENTIAL ENERGY;

FLUID MECHANICS; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROTATING FLUID; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 65649111231     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112008004473     Document Type: Review

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