Transition to geostrophic turbulence in the laboratory, and as a paradigm in atmospheres and oceans

Geostrophic turbulence has become a classical paradigm for understanding a wide variety of natural systems, including the large- and meso-scale circulation in the atmosphere and oceans of the Earth. In this paper, we review the fundamental basis of the theory of 2D and geostrophic turbulence, with r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Read, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2001