On non-uniqueness of the mesoscale eddy diffusivity

DOI10.1017/JFM.2021.472zbMath1504.76098OpenAlexW3172398516MaRDI QIDQ5023202

Igor Kamenkovich, Luolin Sun, I. V. Shevchenko, P. Berloff, Michael C. Haigh

Publication date: 21 January 2022

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2021.472

zbMATH Keywords

Helmholtz decompositionturbulent mixingturbulent dispersioneddy tracer fluxeddy transport tensorquasigeostrophic double-gyre flow

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Turbulent transport, mixing (76F25) Geophysical flows (76U60)

Cites Work

• Tracer transport along and across coherent jets in two-dimensional turbulent flow
• A mechanism of formation of multiple zonal jets in the oceans

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