Quasi-geostrophic turbulence and generalized scale invariance, a theoretical reply

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 327-336

  Schertzer, D ^a   Tchiguirinskaia, I ^a   Lovejoy, S ^b   Tuck, A F ^a  

^a Universite Paris Est   (France)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; THEORETICAL STUDY; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTICITY;

EID: 84856717864     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-327-2012     Document Type: Article

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