Cascades, backscatter and conservation in numerical models of two-dimensional turbulence

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 140, Issue 679, 2014, Pages 626-638

  Thuburn, John ^a   Kent, James ^a,b   Wood, Nigel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Backscatter; Cascade

Indexed keywords

CASCADES (FLUID MECHANICS); ERROR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODELS; REPAIR; TURBULENCE; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VORTICITY;

ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS; BAROTROPIC VORTICITY EQUATIONS; COARSER RESOLUTION; FINITE RESOLUTION; REFERENCE SOLUTION; TRUNCATION ERRORS; TWO DIMENSIONAL TURBULENCE; VORTICITY PATTERNS;

BACKSCATTERING;

BACKSCATTER; NUMERICAL MODEL; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTICITY;

EID: 84896052150     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2166     Document Type: Article

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