Finite-amplitude wave activity and diffusive flux of potential vorticity in eddy-mean flow interaction

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2701-2716

  Nakamura, Noboru ^a   Zhu, Da ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric; Baroclinic flows; Barotropic flows; Eddies; Large eddy simulations; Numerical analysis modeling; Parameterization; Potential vorticity; Vorticity; Waves

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC FLOWS; BAROTROPIC; EDDIES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS/MODELING; POTENTIAL VORTICITY;

FLOW INTERACTIONS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PARAMETERIZATION;

VORTICITY;

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; BAROCLINIC MOTION; BAROTROPIC MOTION; EDDY; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW;

EID: 77958532490     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3432.1     Document Type: Article

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