An exact Lagrangian-mean wave activity for finite-amplitude disturbances to barotropic flow on a sphere

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 693, Issue , 2012, Pages 69-92

  Solomon, Abraham ^a,b   Nakamura, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

atmospheric flows; general fluid mechanics; waves in rotating fluids

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; FLUID MECHANICS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MECHANICAL WAVES;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM DENSITY; ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS; EDDY-MEAN FLOW INTERACTION; FINITE AMPLITUDE DISTURBANCE; GENERAL FLUID MECHANICS; ROSSBY WAVE ACTIVITY; WAVES IN ROTATING FLUIDS; ZONAL-MEAN ZONAL WINDS;

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

BAROTROPIC MOTION; FLUID MECHANICS; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; ROTATING FLUID; SPHERE;

EID: 84858696008     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2011.460     Document Type: Article

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