Quasi-two-dimensional turbulence on the polar beta-plane: laboratory experiments

DOI10.1080/03091920412331319513zbMath1206.86003OpenAlexW2065092909MaRDI QIDQ3080185

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Publication date: 5 March 2011

Published in: Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03091920412331319513

zbMATH Keywords

zonal jetsrossby wavesbeta-plane turbulence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B47) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05)

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