A perturbation approach to understanding the effects of turbulence on frontogenesis

DOI10.1017/JFM.2019.804MaRDI QIDQ5205720zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

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

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

ocean processesquasi-geostrophic flowsturbulent mixing

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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