Number of degrees of freedom and energy spectrum of surface quasi-geostrophic turbulence

DOI10.1017/jfm.2011.310zbMath1241.76310MaRDI QIDQ2891913

Luke A. K. Blackbourn, Chuong V. Tran, Richard K. Scott

Publication date: 15 June 2012

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10023/3377

zbMATH Keywords

quasi-geostrophic flows; geostrophic turbulence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

86A05: Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography

76F99: Turbulence

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