The structure of zonal jets in geostrophic turbulence

DOI10.1017/jfm.2012.410zbMath1275.76132OpenAlexW2136446295MaRDI QIDQ2863459

David Gerard Dritschel, Richard K. Scott

Publication date: 21 November 2013

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

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10023/4064

zbMATH Keywords

quasi-geostrophic flowsturbulent mixinggeostrophic turbulence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Turbulent transport, mixing (76F25)

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