Non-ergodicity of inviscid two-dimensional flow on a beta-plane and on the surface of a rotating sphere

DOI10.1017/S0022112087002891zbMath0636.76120MaRDI QIDQ3777737

Theodore G. Shepherd

Publication date: 1987

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

zbMATH Keywords

numerical simulations; two-dimensional flow; non-ergodicity; doubly-periodic beta-plane; finite-amplitude Lyapunov stability theorem; non-vanishing absolute-vorticity gradient; phase-space surface; unforced beta-plane turbulence; zonally symmetric basic states

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76B47: Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids

76U05: General theory of rotating fluids

76F99: Turbulence

76E99: Hydrodynamic stability

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