Spontaneous formation of equatorial jets in freely decaying shallow water turbulence

Details Spontaneous formation of equatorial jets in freely decaying shallow water turbulence Spontaneous formation of equatorial jets in freely decaying shallow water turbulence

May 1999

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999phfl...11.1272i&link_type=abstract

Physics of Fluids, Volume 11, Issue 5, pp. 1272-1274 (1999).

Physics

16

Turbulent Flows, Vortex Dynamics, Rotating Fluids, Hydrodynamics

Scientific paper

Results of high-resolution, long time integrations of the shallow water equations in spherical geometry are presented. Final quasi-steady states of the freely decaying evolution are found, characterized by the emergence of robust equatorial jets and by the breaking of cyclone-anticyclone symmetry. It is shown that these two phenomena are intimately related and that global prevalence of anticyclonic vorticity necessarily leads to the formation of a westward (retrograde) equatorial jet.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Spontaneous formation of equatorial jets in freely decaying shallow water turbulence does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Spontaneous formation of equatorial jets in freely decaying shallow water turbulence, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Spontaneous formation of equatorial jets in freely decaying shallow water turbulence will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1193332