A perturbation approach to understanding the effects of turbulence on frontogenesis

DOI10.1017/jfm.2019.804zbMath1430.76239OpenAlexW2991073370WikidataQ126757833 ScholiaQ126757833MaRDI QIDQ5205720

Baylor Fox-Kemper, Abigail S. Bodner, Peter P. Sullivan, Luke P. van Roekel, James C. McWilliams

Publication date: 16 December 2019

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2019.804

zbMATH Keywords

quasi-geostrophic flowsturbulent mixingocean processes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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