Generation of zonal flows through symmetry breaking of statistical homogeneity

Generation of zonal flows through symmetry breaking of statistical homogeneity

In geophysical and plasma contexts, zonal flows (ZFs) are well known to arise out of turbulence. We elucidate the transition from homogeneous turbulence without ZFs to inhomogeneous turbulence with steady ZFs. Starting from the equation for barotropic flow on a β plane, we employ both the quasilinea...

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Main Authors: Jeffrey B Parker, John A Krommes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2014-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
Subjects:
zonal flow
pattern formation
turbulence
merging jets
CE2
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/16/3/035006

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/16/3/035006

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