A New Proof on Net Upscale Energy Cascade in 2D and QG Turbulence
Chaotic Dynamics
2015-06-26 v2
Abstract
A general proof that more energy flows upscale than downscale in two-dimensional (2D) turbulence and barotropic quasi-geostrophic (QG) turbulence is given. A proof is also given that in Surface QG turbulence, the reverse is true. Though some of these results are known in restricted cases, the proofs given here are pedagogically simpler, require fewer assumptions and apply to both forced and unforced cases.
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@article{arxiv.nlin/0512005,
title = {A New Proof on Net Upscale Energy Cascade in 2D and QG Turbulence},
author = {Eleftherios Gkioulekas and Ka Kit Tung},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nlin/0512005},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
v1: submitted to J. Fluid. Mech v2: revised and accepted by J. Fluid. Mech, 17 pages