Bottom-trapped currents as statistical equilibrium states above topographic anomalies

DOI10.1017/jfm.2012.146zbMath1248.76088arXiv1202.6155OpenAlexW2045527317MaRDI QIDQ2907108

Antoine Venaille

Publication date: 7 September 2012

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1202.6155

zbMATH Keywords

quasi-geostrophic flowsgeostrophic turbulencetopographic effects

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Statistical turbulence modeling (76F55) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05)

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