The equilibrium statistical mechanics of simple quasi-geostrophic models

DOI10.1017/S0022112076000463zbMath0342.76015MaRDI QIDQ4110732

Myrl C. Hendershott, Greg Holloway, Rick Salmon

Publication date: 1976

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

76U05: General theory of rotating fluids

76V05: Reaction effects in flows

76F05: Isotropic turbulence; homogeneous turbulence

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