Generation of zonal flows by Rossby waves

DOI10.1016/S0375-9601(02)01675-4zbMath1006.76019MaRDI QIDQ1854600

Lennart Stenflo, Padma Kant Shukla

Publication date: 14 January 2003

Published in: Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Fourier transformenergy transferrotating fluidzonal flowRossby wavegeostrophic approximationCharney equationReynold stresses

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05)

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