Experimental study of libration-driven zonal flows in a straight cylinder

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 182, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 98-106

  Noir, J ^a   Calkins, M A ^a   Lasbleis, M ^b   Cantwell, J ^a   Aurnou, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Centrifugal instability; Inertial modes; Longitudinal libration; Non linear Ekman pumping; Reynolds stresses; Zonal flow

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGAL INSTABILITY; INERTIAL MODES; LONGITUDINAL LIBRATION; NON-LINEAR; REYNOLDS STRESS; ZONAL FLOWS;

CENTRIFUGATION; DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY DISSIPATORS; PUMPS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

SWIRLING FLOW;

EKMAN LAYER; ENERGY DISSIPATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INERTIA; ORBITAL FORCING; PLANETARY ROTATION; PLANETARY SURFACE; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 77956181359     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2010.06.012     Document Type: Article

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