Direct Numerical Simulation of structural vacillation in the transition to geostrophic turbulence
Geophysics
2007-11-29 v1 Chaotic Dynamics
Abstract
The onset of small-scale fluctuations around a steady convection pattern in a rotating baroclinic annulus filled with air is investigated using Direct Numerical Simulation. In previous laboratory experiments of baroclinic waves, such fluctuations have been associated with a flow regime termed Structural Vacillation which is regarded as the first step in the transition to fully-developed geostrophic turbulence.
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@article{arxiv.0711.4574,
title = {Direct Numerical Simulation of structural vacillation in the transition to geostrophic turbulence},
author = {Anthony Randriamampianina and Pierre Maubert and Wolf-Gerrit Fruh and Peter L. Read},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.4574},
year = {2007}
}
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6 pages