Momentum theorems and the structure of atmospheric jets and zonal flows in plasmas

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Diamond, P H ^a,b   Gurcan, O D ^a,c   Hahm, T S ^d   Miki, K ^a   Kosuga, Y ^a   Garbet, X ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c IRFM   (France)

^d PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC JETS; DRIFT WAVES; ENSTROPHY; LINK-FLOW; MOMENTUM BALANCES; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ZONAL FLOWS;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; PLASMA WAVES;

TURBULENCE;

EID: 67649215709     PISSN: 07413335     EISSN: 13616587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0741-3335/50/12/124018     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Diamond P H, Itoh S-I, Itoh K and Hahm T S 2005 Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 47 R35
2. Itoh K et al 2006 Phys. Plasmas 13 055502
3. Rhines P B and Holland W R 1979 Dyn. Atmos. Oceans 3 289
4. Hasegawa A and Wakatani M 1983 Phys. Rev. Lett. 50 682
5. Charney J G and Drazin P G 1961 J. Geophys. Res. 66 83
6. Andrews D G and McIntyre M E 1978 J. Fluid Mech. 89 647
7. Vallis G K 2006 Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)
8. Hasegawa A and Mima K 1978 Phys. Fluids 21 87
9. Myra J R, Russell D A and D'lppolito D A 2008 Phys. Plasmas 15 032304
10. Dimits A et al 1996 Phys. Rev. Lett. 77 71
11. Hahm T S et al 2004 Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 46 A323
12. Gurcan O D, Diamond P H and Hahm T S 2006 Phys. Plasmas 13 052306
13. Diamond P H et al 2008 Phys. Plasmas 15 012303