A theory of baroclinic turbulence

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2444-2454

  Farrell, Brian F ^a   Ioannou, Petros J ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC; EDDY DISSIPATION; FLUID TURBULENCE; GENERAL CIRCULATION; JET MODIFICATION; MARGINAL STABILITY; MIDLATITUDE ATMOSPHERE; NON-LINEARITY; PARAMETER VALUES; PARAMETERIZED; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; POWER LAW SCALINGS; SIMPLE MODEL; SIMPLE SYSTEM; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; SPACE AND TIME; STATISTICAL EQUILIBRIUM; STATISTICALLY STEADY STATE; STOCHASTIC PROCESS; STOCHASTIC TURBULENCE MODEL; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES; TRANSIENT PERTURBATION; TURBULENT FLUX; TURBULENT STATE; TWO LAYER MODEL;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; JETS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC MODELS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

TURBULENCE MODELS;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; DISSIPATION; EDDY; NONLINEARITY; PERTURBATION; STOCHASTICITY; TURBULENCE;

EID: 70349283592     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS2989.1     Document Type: Article

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