The turbulent equilibration of an unstable baroclinic jet

DOI10.1017/S0022112008000153zbMath1151.76617MaRDI QIDQ3506846

J. G. Esler

Publication date: 17 June 2008

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

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Transition to turbulence (76F06)

Related Items (7)

Robust and leaky transport barriers in unstable baroclinic flows ⋮ On the energetics of a two-layer baroclinic flow ⋮ Eddy-mixing entropy and its maximization in forced-dissipative geostrophic turbulence ⋮ On the spacing of meandering jets in the strong-stair limit ⋮ The generation of zonal jets by large-scale mixing ⋮ Nonlinear baroclinic equilibration at finite supercriticality ⋮ Vortex–wave interaction on the surface of a sphere

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• GCMs

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