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Inviscid quasi-geostrophic flow over topography: testing statistical mechanical theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

William J. Merryfield  and
Greg Holloway
William J. Merryfield
Affiliation:
Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, B.C., Canada, V8L 4B2
Greg Holloway
Affiliation:
Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, B.C., Canada, V8L 4B2
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Abstract

Numerical simulations are employed in a detailed test of the statistical mechanical description of topographic turbulence. Predictions of steady flows correlated with topography are given particular attention. Agreement between numerical and statistical mechanical results is demonstrated for a large range of parameter values, and over an ensemble of random choices of topography and initial conditions.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 309 , 25 February 1996 , pp. 85 - 91
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© 1996 Cambridge University Press

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