Equilibration of baroclinic turbulence in primitive equations and quasigeostrophic models

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 837-863

  Zurita Gotor, Pablo ^a   Vallis, Geoffrey K ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BAROCLINICITY; BAROTROPIC; CONVECTIVE PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES; GEOSTROPHIC TURBULENCE; ISENTROPIC; MEAN FLOW; PARAMETER RANGE; PARAMETER SETTING; PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC MODEL; QUASIGEOSTROPHIC TURBULENCE; SUPERCRITICAL FLOW; TIME-SCALES; TWO LAYERS; TWO-LEVEL MODELS; VERTICAL FLUXES;

DEFORMATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; TURBULENCE;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; HEAT FLUX; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 69849086463     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAS2848.1     Document Type: Article

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