12.820 | Spring 2007 | Graduate

Turbulence in the Ocean and Atmosphere

Lecture Notes

Lecture 17

The following demonstrations are graphic representations of concepts discussed in the lecture notes (PDF).

Page 2: Growth Rates

  • r=0,u1 pos F2=4 (PNG)
  • r=0,u1 neg F1=20 (PNG)
  • r=0.01,u1 pos (PNG)
  • r=0.01,u1 neg (PNG)
  • r=0.1,u1 pos (PNG)
  • r=0.1,u1 neg (PNG)

Page 2: Eady

  • sigma vs r (PNG)

Page 2: Examples

Page 3: Diagnostics

  • Eddy enstrophy (PNG)
  • Zonal flow (PNG)
  • mean (PNG)
  • PV gradients (PNG)
  • mean PV gradients (PNG)
  • phi (PNG)
  • phia (PNG)
  • mean (PNG)

Page 3: Triad

  • no nonlinearity (PNG)
  • nonlinear (PNG)
  • full enstrophies (PNG)
  • full enstrophies (PNG)
  • full energy (PNG)
  • zonal flow (JPG)

Page 7: Example

  • Eddy enstrophy (PNG)

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