A Description of Local and Nonlocal Eddy–Mean Flow Interaction in a Global Eddy-Permitting State Estimate

The assumption that local baroclinic instability dominates eddy–mean flow interactions is tested on a global scale using a dynamically consistent eddy-permitting state estimate. Interactions are divided into local and nonlocal. If all the energy released from the mean flow through eddy–mean flow int...

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Main Authors: Chen, Ru, Flierl, Glenn Richard, Wunsch, Carl Isaac
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Meteorological Society 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96344
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3589-5249
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6808-3664