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PT J
TI Available potential energy diagnosis in a direct numerical simulation of rotating stratified turbulence
BT 
AF ROULLET, Guillaume
   KLEIN, Patrice
AS 1:1;2:1;
FF 1:;2:;
C1 UBO, IFREMER, CNRS, UMR6523, IRD, Lab Phys Oceans, Brest, France.
C2 UBO, FRANCE
   IFREMER, FRANCE
   CNRS, FRANCE
SI BREST
SE PDG-DOP-DCB-OPS-LPO
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-france
   copubli-univ-france
IF 2.283
TC 23
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2009/publication-6391.pdf
LA English
DT Article
AB Review of three studies devoted to the available potential energy (APE) leads to the proposal of a diagnosis for APE, well-suited for rotating stratified flows within the primitive equations (PE) framework in which anharmonic effects (due to large vertical displacements of isopycnals) are permitted. The chosen diagnosis is based on the APE definition of Holliday & McIntyre (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 107, 1981, pp. 221-225) and uses the background stratification of Winters et al. (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 289, 1995, pp. 115-128). Subsequent evaluation of the APE in a PE direct simulation (1/100 degrees, 200 levels) of oceanic mesoscale turbulence indicates that anharmonic effects are significant. These effects are due to large vertical displacements of the isopycnals and the curvature of the background density profile.
PY 2009
PD APR
SO Journal of fluid mechanics
SN 0022-1120
PU Cambridge univ. Press
VL 624
UT 000265754000004
BP 45
EP 55
DI 10.1017/S0022112008004473
ID 6391
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