Emergence of intense jets and Jupiter's Great Red Spot as maximum-entropy structures
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Publication:4787773
DOI10.1017/S0022112002008789zbMath1029.76057arXivphysics/0003079MaRDI QIDQ4787773
Publication date: 8 February 2004
Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0003079
statistical mechanicsemergencebeta-effectGreat Red Spotintense jetsorganized coarse-grained flowpotential vorticity patchesquasi-geostrophic \(1-1/2\) layer modelstatistical equilibrium stateturbulent planetary atmospheresvorticity mixing
General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Meteorology and atmospheric physics (86A10) Turbulent transport, mixing (76F25) Statistical mechanics of liquids (82D15) Planetary atmospheres (85A20)
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