On the energetics of stratified turbulent mixing, irreversible thermodynamics, Boussinesq models and the ocean heat engine controversy

DOI10.1017/S002211200999111XzbMath1183.76758arXiv0903.1938WikidataQ114654740 ScholiaQ114654740MaRDI QIDQ3550400

Rémi Tailleux

Publication date: 31 March 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0903.1938

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Turbulent transport, mixing (76F25) Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory (82C35) Stratification effects in turbulence (76F45)

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