Charney isotropy and equipartition in quasi-geostrophic turbulence

DOI10.1017/S0022112010002703zbMath1197.76141OpenAlexW2060031707MaRDI QIDQ3053593

Andreas Vallgren, Erik Lindborg

Publication date: 29 October 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112010002703

zbMATH Keywords

turbulence theoryturbulence simulationrotating turbulence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Turbulence (76F99)

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