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Toward a turbulence constitutive relation for geophysical flows (English)
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21 April 1999
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This article addresses and resolves the possibility of a constitutive relation for single-point second-order closures for classes of rotating and stratified flows relevant to geophysics. Physical situations in which a geostrophic balance is attained are described. We discuss also closely related issues of frame-indifference, horizontal divergence, and the Taylor-Proudman theorem. It is shown that, in the absence of vortex stretching along the axis of rotation, turbulence is frame-indifferent. Unfortunately, no turbulence closures are consistent with this frame-indifference that is frequently an important feature of rotating or quasi-geostrophic flows. Thus we derive and discuss a geostrophic constraint which ensures that the modeled second-moment equations are frame-invariant, in the appropriate limit. It is shown that rotating, stratified, and shallow water flows are situations in which such a constitutive relation procedure can be useful.
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single-point second-order closures
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stratified flows
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geostrophic balance
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frame-indifference
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horizontal divergence
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Taylor-Proudman theorem
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quasi-geostrophic flows
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geostrophic constraint
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shallow water flows
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