Local balance and cross-scale flux of available potential energy

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 645, Issue , 2010, Pages 295-314

  Molemaker, M Jeroen ^a   McWilliams, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; GRAVITATION; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; SHEAR FLOW;

DENSITY STRATIFICATION; DYNAMICAL BALANCE; EQUILIBRIUM SIMULATIONS; GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY DENSITY; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; SPECTRAL DECOMPOSITION; STABLE STRATIFICATION;

POTENTIAL ENERGY;

BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY; ENERGY FLUX; KINETIC ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; ROTATION; SHEAR FLOW; STRATIFICATION;

EID: 77249138096     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009992643     Document Type: Article

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