Energy and enstrophy spectra of geostrophic turbulent flows derived from a maximum entropy principle

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2216-2236

  Verkley, W T M ^a   Lynch, Peter ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT ENERGY; DECAY RATE; ENSTROPHY; GEOSTROPHIC TURBULENCE; MAXIMUM ENTROPY PRINCIPLE; NUMERICAL SPECTRAL MODELS; PRINCIPLE OF MAXIMUM ENTROPY; RELATIVE VORTICITY; ROTATING SPHERES; STATISTICAL EQUILIBRIUM; THEORETICAL RESULT;

ENTROPY; MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; OPTIMIZATION; VORTICITY;

DECAY (ORGANIC);

DAMPING; ENERGY FLUX; ENTROPY; EQUILIBRIUM; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTICITY;

EID: 70349298955     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS2889.1     Document Type: Article

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